The AKP government, who could not give a clear answer to the question 'Where is the $128 billion dollars', faced a rather large amount of money. The source and the whereabouts of the money is found curious by many. The amonut of that money is exactly 18 billion 762 million 304 thousand Euros.

 

We were able to learn about this money, which has never been made public, through partial information given by a news source reaching our agency.

 

This source, with which we pursued and contacted on the subject, directed us to another source. This person introduced us to a third party and told that he is the main source of the information. This person is quite different from the other two who are politically active. The information shared by this person, who was wary of our questions about his identity and was content to give the name "Sheikhmus", which he probably used as a pseudonym, is quite striking.

 

THE CARGO UNLOADED FROM THE AIRPORT

 

According to his statements, a plane that took off from Frankfurt, Germany on January 12, 2008, landed at Atatürk Airport, which was still in operation at that time. What made this plane important was not the passengers in it, but the cargo it carried.

 

IT WAS CARRIED ON 307 PALLETS

 

After landing at the airport, 307 pallets were unloaded from the cargo of the plane approaching the apron. On these pallets, there were 18 billion 762 million 304 thousand Euros bundled in 100 Euro banknotes. On the pallets filled with money sent by Deutsche Bank AG Frankfurt, Abbas Omidalllah Kashi was named as the buyer and according to our source, this person was a business person.

 

 MONEY WAS CONFISCATED

 

This money, which is stated to have been brought to Turkey for investment purposes, was seized by the Financial Crimes Investigation Board (MASAK) and "specially authorized" intelligence units. Until the completion of the investigation, it was moved to the THY Customs Directorate warehouse at the airport and kept under protection.

 

 

The information provided by our source, who brought this incident that the public had not heard of until now to the light of day about the fate of this money is way more surprising.

 

THE MONEY ALLEGEDLY GOT LOST IN THE WAREHOUSE

 

The Iranian man who owned that money made some attempts via his lawyer to get back the money confiscated by MASAK. However, he learned that the money, which appears to be still in storage according to official records, is actually not there. The money in the warehouse has vanished.

 

Our source also shared some photographs and videos as proof of this information. The documents given by the source included the photograph of the confiscated money, shipping documents, documents in the investigation file regarding the confiscation of the money, and passport information of Abbas Omidalllah Kashi, the owner of the money. When we asked our source how he got this information and the documents, his answer was that they acted as an intermediary to solve this issue in return for a commission.

 

'EVERYONE TOLD THE SOURCE NOT TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS'

 

So much so that in the 13 years that have passed since the money was confiscated, our source stated taht other people tried to get back the money but all the doors they have knocked to get the confiscated money back told them to let it go and not to be involved. He was also threatened that anyone who persued this subject would be imprisoned with the accusation of being a member of the Gülen Congregation (FETÖ).

 

THE OWNER OF THE MONEY IS KASHI FROM IRAN

 

Let's see who the 48-year-old Abbas Omidallah Kashi, who appears to be the owner of this money, is. When we engage in open source research, we come across an academic rather than a business person. Kashi, who has a doctorate in Law and Islamic Studies at Shadid Motahari University in Iran, has commercial records in England. Kashi seems to have worked as a finance and services operator in the company called First Western Corporation Limited established in England between July 10, 1997 and February 1, 1998. 

 

We contacted Abbas Omidallah Kashi regarding the allegations that the money, which was stated to have been confiscated at the airport, was supposed to be under protection but was lost. Kashi, to whom we sent a message that we are journalists and that we want to publish the information we have, returned after a while.

 

HE THOUGHT WE WERE ONE OF THE MEDIATORS

 

But Kashi who thought we were one of the mediators who are trying to get the money back, Kashi said: "These assets are mine and if you have a real buyer, I would like to transfer my ownership to the buyer at a discount of 70 percent".  When we reminded him that we are journalists, he stopped responding to our messages. Kashi confirmed the existence of this money and the claims that it was confiscated, by wanting to transfer the property, which it seems to be the owner of, in return for a commission.

 

 

MA / Ömer Çelik