Gestern Abend sind angebliche Mitschnitte von Telefonaten von Ministerpräsident Erdogan mit seinem Sohn Bilal im Internet aufgetaucht (siehe Video). Die Mitschnitte legen laut der Opposition nahe, dass die beiden grosse Geldsummen verschwinden liessen, um sie vor staatsanwaltschaftlichen Ermittlungen in Sicherheit zu bringen.

Der «Spiegel» übersetzte die brisanteste Stelle eines der fünf aufgezeichneten Telefonate. Ein Mann ist zu hören, der seinen Sohn am 17. Dezember 2013 auffordert, Geld vor den nahenden Korruptionsermittlern in Sicherheit zu bringen. Angeblich handelt es sich dabei um Erdogan und Bilal:

«Bist du zu Hause, Sohn?», fragt die Stimme eines älteren Mannes auf Türkisch.

«Ja, Vater», antwortet die jünger klingende Stimme.

Vater: «Bring alles weg, was du im Haus hast!»

Sohn: «Dein Geld ist im Tresor.»

Vater: «Genau das meine ich.»

In den Gesprächen geht es laut dem «Spiegel» um grosse Summen. Mal sei von 30 Millionen Euro die Rede, dann von 25 Millionen Dollar.

Erdogans Regierung steht seit Mitte Dezember wegen Korruptionsvorwürfen unter Druck. Mehrere Söhne früherer Minister sitzen in Untersuchungshaft. Erdogan bezeichnet die Vorwürfe als Machenschaften von Anhängern des islamischen Predigers Fethullah Gülen, denen er vorwirft, sie wollten die Regierung stürzen.

Rücktritt Erdogans gefordert

Die Opposition in Ankara fordert allerdings den Rücktritt von Ministerpräsident Recep Tayyip Erdogan, wie verschiedene türkische Zeitungen heute berichteten. Die Republikanische Volkspartei (CHP), die grösste Oppositionspartei im Land, warf Erdogan vor, er habe jede Legitimation verloren und müsse zurücktreten. Die Mitschnitte seien echt.

Die zweitgrösste Oppositionspartei im Parlament, die nationalistische MHP, nahm heute ebenfalls Stellung. Die Mitschnitte seien «überwältigend», und die Staatsanwaltschaft solle gegen Erdogan wegen Korruptionsverdachts vorgehen, sagte Devlet Bahceli, der Chef der Nationalistischen Partei. Der Ministerpräsident solle nicht einmal daran denken zu behaupten, die Aufzeichnungen seien gefälscht.

Das Ministerpräsidentenamt wies die Vorwürfe zurück. Es handle sich um ein «dreckiges Komplott», teilte Erdogans Büro am Montagabend mit.

Die fünf Telefongespräche in englischer Übersetzung:

First call 08:02 a.m. Dec 17, 2013 RTE: Are you home son? Bilal E(son): Yes father RTE: Now! This morning [they] made an operation. Ali Agaoglu, Reza Zerrab, Erdogan's [Bayraktar-ex minister] son, Zafer's [Caglayan – ex-minister] son, Muammer's [Guler – ex-minister] son, etc.. All their houses are being searched now. BE: Tell again, daddy RTE: I'm saying that Muammer's son, Zafer's son, Erdogan's son, Ali Agaoglu, Reza Zerrab etc they are searching the houses of 18 people under a big corruption operation thing. BE: yes RTE: OK? Now, what I say is, you take everything that you have in the house out. OK? BE: What can I have on me dad! There is your money in the safe RTE: That's what I am saying. Now, I am sending your sister. OK? BE: You are sending who? RTE: Your sister, I'm saying. BE: Eh, OK RTE: Then,... She has that information, OK. Talk with your big brother BE: Yes RTE: On him,,, Let's do..., talk with your uncle too, he should also take out, also talk to your [maternal] uncle, he should also... BE: What should we do with these daddy, where should we put them? RTE: To specific places, to some specific places... do it (A woman's voice on background saying “Berat”) BE: Berat also has some RTE: That's what I am saying. Now, get together, go get your uncle, I don't know if Uncle Ziya has some, OK? Also immediately [inform] your brother Burak too. NE: OK father. You mean Sumeyye, I mean take out, Sumeyye will tell me where to take them? RTE: Yes, fine. C'mon now, do [it] think about yours among yourselves with your uncle, etc NE: on what to do? RTE: Yes, yes, let's contact fast, until 10.00. Because the issue is... NE: OK father RTE: OK? Keep in touch NE: OK daddy

2nd call 11.17 NE: Father, We got together with Brother Hasan etc. Brother Berat, my uncle, we are together, thinking about it. Berat has another idea. He says that let's give some of it toFaruk [Kalyoncu] for the other “business/thing” so he can process them like the previous ones. Shall we do it, we can solve a big amount with this. RTE: That may be NE: OK. For the other part, because we started a business partnership with Mehmet Gur, we thought of giving it to him saying “keep it, as the projects come you can use from that. This way, we will be able to dissolve and move the rest to somewhere else. RTE: OK, fine, as long as you do... NE: OK RTE: Did Sumeyye arrive? NE: She arrived home, she'll now come here. OK daddy, we will sort this out today, inshallah (with God's permission). Anything else? RTE: It would be good if you do... If you can dissolve them all. BE: Yes, we will dissolve them all, inshallah

3rd call 15.39 RTE: Did you do the other tasks I gave you? BE: We will finish them in the evening. We sorted some out; We sorted the Berat part, now we will first handle the part with Mehmet Gur and the rest, we will do that when it gets dark. RTE:.... BE: Inshallah RTE: What did Sumeyye do? BE: She took them out, brought, we talked, etc. RTE: Did she sort both sides? BE: I think so daddy, she said she emptied both. RTE: Both sides BE: Yes, she said both of them, but you mean this by saying both sides, right? RTE: Whatever. OK, fine BE: What time will you arrive? RTE: About 12 BE: Have a safe journey RTE: Do not talk on the phone

4th call 23.15 BE: Hi daddy, I am calling to... we did [it] mostly. Eee, did you call me daddy? RTE: No I did not, you called me BE: I was called from a secret number RTE: By saying mostly, did you fully dissolve it BE: We did not zeroized it yet daddy. Let me explain.. We still have a 30 million euros that we could not yet dissolve. Berat thought of something.. There was an additional 25 million dollars that Ahmet Calik should receive. They say let's give this [to him] there. When the money comes, we do [something], they say. And with the remaining money we can buy a flat from Sehrizar, he says. What do you say, father? RTE: .... (background sound: Ayyy) BE: Daddy RTE: Is Sumeyye with you? BE: Yes with me, should I call her? RTE: No, there was another sound, that's why I asked BE: Umm.. I mean, he can transfer 35 million dollars to Calik and buy a flat from Sherizar with the remaining. RTE: Whatever, we will sort it BE: Should we do it like this? RTE: OK do it BE: Do you want them all dissolved father, or do you want some money for yourself RTE: No, it cannot stay, son. You could transfer that to the other, with Mehmet you could transfer it there... BE: Yes, we gave to them. We gave 20 to them RTE: For God's sake, first you should've transferred you could then do... BE: we were able to give this much for now, it is hard already, it takes too much space. We are putting some of it to another place, we gave part of it to Tunc, and then... RTE: did you transfer all to Tunc? BE: (Sumeyye, can you come) Where, father? RTE: To Tunc, I say, did you transfer all to Tunc? BE: They asked, I guess he said that he could take 10 million euros. RTE: Whatever. Do not talk this like this on this. BE: OK, then, we will sort it as such RTE: Ok do it. I am not able to come tonight, I will stay in Ankara BE:OK, we are sorting it out. You do not worry

5th call 18.12.2013 10.58 RTE. I wondered if everything is fine, so I called BE: No, nothing. We finished the tasks you gave us, with the help of the God RTE: Is it all zeroed? BE: Fully, I mean saying zeroed, how should I put it? I had Samandira and Maltepe's money, 730.000 USD and 300.000 TL. I will handle these too. We owe 1 million TL to Faruk İsik (AKP MP); I will give those to him and tell him to transfer the rest to the academy. RTE: Do not talk openly BE: Should't I talk? RTE: Do not talk, OK? BE: OK daddy RTE: I mean, do not keep anything on you, whatever it is Samandira or whatever... Send it to where it needs to be, where do you keep it? BE: OK daddy, but I think currently we are under surveillance RTE: What have I been telling to you since the very beginning! BE: But is it the bodyguard team? Who is following us father? RTE: Son, you are being tapped BE: But they are also visually monitoring, they say RTE: That may be true. Now, we did some things (meaning intervention) in Istanbul security

(Quelle: LiveLeak.com)

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