The Ipek Family left the holding’s money, 100 percent of which belonged to the family in the company. After the blackmailing and warnings from the pool media, could I transfer our fortune, which is our lawful right, abroad by lawful means? Was it my lawful right to do so? Yes, of course.

But, I didn’t, because: We were doing business in such an honest way that I had complete trust in the law;that it would be on our side and would protect us.

I still do believe that the judiciary will one day see the truth.

As I didn’t want to do anything that would cause even a tiny bit of suspicion, I didn’t exercise my lawful rights.

I didn’t want even a tiny stain to splash our family who have lived respectable lives. Itdidn’t seem fitting for us.

A family who have lived so prudently; who have not purposefully injured even an ant; who have been known only for their philanthropic deeds. The claim that any of its members have supported a terror organisation, would make any decentperson’sheart bleed, wouldn’t it?

AS FOR THE SPK CRIMINAL COMPLAINTS:

The SPK made a criminal complaint to the general assembly, in spite of the fact that they have been inspecting the group for 10 years, and that on the issues,which they definitely knew about, they never gave us any warnings, and that these decisions were made at meetings of the general assembly and that the general assembly has no liability in the matter.

This alone is enough cause for all the complaints to be dropped.