Overview
- The Federal Court of Justice dismissed the revisions by Dilek Kalayci and a co-defendant, finding no procedural or substantive legal errors in the April 4 Landgericht Berlin judgment.
- Dilek Kalayci’s conviction for bribery stands at one year and six months’ imprisonment on probation, and the agency owner’s bribery conviction stands at one year and three months on probation.
- The court-ordered recovery of €6,242 from Kalayci and €9,450 from the co-defendant remains in place as the amounts they unlawfully benefited.
- Judges concluded Kalayci knowingly mixed official and private matters and accepted benefits that created the impression of being purchasable, though they could not establish that her official act was objectively influenced.
- The case centered on an agency that provided unpaid wedding services in 2019 and later obtained a lucrative nursing recruitment contract, against a backdrop of substantial prior public funding and reduced procurement transparency.