The other defendants included two executives and co-owners of Datalink: Murat Keskin and Veli \u00D6zdemir. \u00D6zdemir had been a police chief, working in the same division with Ko\u00E7ak, until about mid-2012 when notably he resigned to become part owner of Datalink. Shortly thereafter in August 2012, Datalink sent Hacking Team 140,000 Euros to renew the Turkish National Police\u2019s license for its spyware. \u00D6zdemir and Keskin were co-partners in Datalink five months later when the Hortum software was allegedly sending stolen documents to the company from a police computer.
During the interrogation, prosecutors were suspicious about his purchase of Hacking Team\u2019s software and the Datalink connection between that and Hortum. They asked why he purchased the software, why the payment was funneled through Datalink, and how the software was used. He said one of his duties was to procure software for his department and his superiors asked him to buy it. He denied any connection to FET\u00D6/PDY. He didn\u2019t know how the software was used after its purchase and payment for it was the responsibility of his manager, not him. He also said he had never heard of Datalink and had no contact with its employees or partners, even though his longtime colleague left his police job in 2012 to become partner in the company, weeks before money was funneled through Datalink to Hacking Team.
Italian Spyware Company Execs Arrested After Company Employees Spied On Innocent Citizens
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