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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
COMMERCIAL DIVISION, NEW YORK COUNTY
YASEMIN TEKINER,
in her individual capacity, as a beneficiary
and a Trustee of The Yasemin Tekiner
2011 Descendants Trust and derivatively as Index No. 657193/2020
a holder of equitable interests in a
shareholder or a member of the Company Commercial Division Part 3
Defendants,
Hon. Joel M. Cohen
Plaintiff,
-against- NOTICE OF SUBPOENA
BREMEN HOUSE INC., BREMEN HOUSE
TEXAS, INC., GERMAN NEWS COMPANY,
INC., GERMAN NEWS TEXAS, INC., 254-258
W. 35TH ST. LLC, BERRIN TEKINER, GONCA
TEKINER, and BILLUR AKIPEK, in her capacity
as a Trustee of The Yasemin Tekiner 2011
Descendants Trust,
Defendants.
ZEYNEP TEKINER,
in her individual capacity, as a beneficiary
and a Trustee of The Zeynep Tekiner 2011
Descendants Trust and derivatively as a
holder of equitable interests in a
shareholder or a member of the Company
Defendants,
Intervenor-Plaintiff,
-against-
BREMEN HOUSE INC., BREMEN HOUSE
TEXAS, INC., GERMAN NEWS COMPANY,
INC., GERMAN NEWS TEXAS, INC., 254-258
W. 35TH ST. LLC, BERRIN TEKINER, GONCA
TEKINER, and BILLUR AKIPEK, in her capacity
as a Trustee of The Yasemin Tekiner 2011
Descendants Trust,
Defendants.
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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT, pursuant to CPLR 3120, Plaintiff Yasemin Tekiner
intends to serve non-party Allen Beck of Beck & Baumann, CPA, LLC with the attached Subpoena
Duces Tecum and Ad Testificandum seeking the production of documents on October 10, 2022,
and deposition on October 17, 2022.
Dated: New York, New York
September 19, 2022
/s/ Scott W. Parker
Sanjay P. Ibrahim
Scott W. Parker
Daniel A. Schleifstein
PARKER IBRAHIM & BERG LLP
5 Penn Plaza, Suite 2371
New York, NY 10001
Telephone: (212) 596-7037
sanjay.ibrahim@piblaw.com
scott.parker@piblaw.com
daniel.schleifstein@piblaw.com
- and -
Stephen P. Younger
FOLEY HOAG LLP
1301 Avenue of the Americas, 25th Floor
New York, NY 10019
Telephone: (212) 812-0365
spyounger@foleyhoag.com
Co-Counsel for Plaintiff Yasemin Tekiner, in
her individual capacity, as a beneficiary and
a Trustee of The Yasemin Tekiner 2011
Descendants Trust and derivatively as a
holder of equitable interests in a
shareholder or a member of the Company
Defendants
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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
COMMERCIAL DIVISION, NEW YORK COUNTY
YASEMIN TEKINER,
in her individual capacity, as a beneficiary
and a Trustee of The Yasemin Tekiner
2011 Descendants Trust and derivatively as Index No. 657193/2020
a holder of equitable interests in a
shareholder or a member of the Company Commercial Division Part 3
Defendants,
Hon. Joel M. Cohen
Plaintiff,
-against- SUBPOENA DUCES TECUM
AND AD TESTIFICANDUM
BREMEN HOUSE INC., BREMEN HOUSE
TEXAS, INC., GERMAN NEWS COMPANY,
INC., GERMAN NEWS TEXAS, INC., 254-258
W. 35TH ST. LLC, BERRIN TEKINER, GONCA
TEKINER, and BILLUR AKIPEK, in her capacity
as a Trustee of The Yasemin Tekiner 2011
Descendants Trust,
Defendants.
ZEYNEP TEKINER,
in her individual capacity, as a beneficiary
and a Trustee of The Zeynep Tekiner 2011
Descendants Trust and derivatively as a
holder of equitable interests in a
shareholder or a member of the Company
Defendants,
Intervenor-Plaintiff,
-against-
BREMEN HOUSE INC., BREMEN HOUSE
TEXAS, INC., GERMAN NEWS COMPANY,
INC., GERMAN NEWS TEXAS, INC., 254-258
W. 35TH ST. LLC, BERRIN TEKINER, GONCA
TEKINER, and BILLUR AKIPEK, in her capacity
as a Trustee of The Yasemin Tekiner 2011
Descendants Trust,
Defendants.
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To: Allen Beck
c/o Beck & Baumann, CPA, LLC
440 State Highway 17N, Suite 4
Hasbrouck Heights, NJ 07604
WE HEREBY COMMAND YOU that, all business and excuses being laid aside, to
produce at Parker Ibrahim & Berg LLP, c/o Scott W. Parker, Esq., 270 Davidson Avenue, 5th Floor
Somerset, NJ 08873, on or before October 10, 2022, the documents requested on Schedule A
annexed hereto.
WE ALSO COMMAND YOU to appear and testify before a Notary Public or other person
so qualified to act, at a remote deposition to be conducted by videoconference or other remote
means on October 17, 2022, at 9:00 a.m. (Prevailing Eastern Time), concerning the subject matter
set forth in Schedule B. The deposition will continue day to day until complete and will be
recorded by stenographic means and video recorded.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that failure to comply with this subpoena may be punishable as
a contempt of court and may make you liable to the person on whose behalf this subpoena was
issued. Pursuant to CPLR 3101(a)(4), your testimony is required in order to establish certain facts
in the above-captioned case relating, inter alia, to the properties owned by Bremen House, Inc.,
Bremen House Texas, Inc., German News Company, Inc., German News Texas, Inc., and/or 254
– 258 W. 35th St. LLC (the “Companies”), the management of properties owned by the
Companies, profits and losses of the Companies, and compensation of the Companies’ directors,
officers and employees.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that this examination shall be recorded by
stenographic means and videotaped, pursuant to CPLR 3113 and 22 N.Y.C.R.R. § 202.15. In
accordance with 22 N.Y.C.R.R. § 202.15, please be advised that the videotape operator will be an
employee or agent of counsel for Plaintiff.
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Dated: New York, New York
September 19, 2022
/s/ Scott W. Parker
Sanjay P. Ibrahim
Scott W. Parker
Daniel A. Schleifstein
PARKER IBRAHIM & BERG LLP
5 Penn Plaza, Suite 2371
New York, NY 10001
Telephone: (212) 596-7037
sanjay.ibrahim@piblaw.com
scott.parker@piblaw.com
daniel.schleifstein@piblaw.com
- and -
Stephen P. Younger
FOLEY HOAG LLP
1301 Avenue of the Americas, 25th Floor
New York, NY 10019
Telephone: (212) 812-0365
spyounger@foleyhoag.com
Co-Counsel for Plaintiff Yasemin Tekiner, in
her individual capacity, as a beneficiary and
a Trustee of The Yasemin Tekiner 2011
Descendants Trust and derivatively as a
holder of equitable interests in a
shareholder or a member of the Company
Defendants
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SCHEDULE A
DEFINITIONS
1. The term “Companies” shall refer to Defendants Bremen House, Inc., Bremen
House Texas, Inc., German News Company, Inc., German News Texas, Inc., 254 – 258 W. 35th
St. LLC, together with all of their officers, directors, employees, independent contractors, agents,
partners, corporate parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, predecessors, successors, attorneys, and any
persons acting or purporting to act on their behalf.
2. The term “Defendants” shall refer to Defendants Bremen House, Inc., German
News Company, Inc., Berrin Tekiner, Gonca Tekiner, and Billur Akipek, together with all of their
officers, directors, employees, independent contractors, agents, partners, corporate parents,
subsidiaries, affiliates, predecessors, successors, attorneys, and any persons acting or purporting
to act on their behalf.
3. The term “Yasemin” shall refer to Plaintiff Yasemin Tekiner, including partners,
employees, agents, attorneys, and any persons acting or purporting to act on her behalf.
4. The term “Trust” shall refer to The Yasemin Tekiner 2011 Descendants Trust.
5. The term “communication” means the transmittal of information (in the form of
facts, ideas, inquiries, or otherwise), and may be written or oral.
6. The term “concerning” means relating to, referring to, reflecting, mentioning,
describing, evidencing, consisting of (in whole or in part), constituting (in whole or in part), or
containing (in whole or in part).
7. The term “Beck & Baumann” shall refer to Beck & Baumann, CPA, LLC and any
of its subsidiaries, affiliates, predecessors, successors, employees, contractors, agents, advisors,
professionals, directors, officers, or any other entity related thereto.
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8. The term “document” shall be construed in its broadest sense and includes the
original and each non-identical copy and any draft of any written, typed, printed, recorded, or
graphical matter, however recorded, stored, produced, or reproduced, or any tangible thing that in
whole or in part illustrates or conveys information, including but not limited to, papers, letters,
notes, books, notebooks, diaries, journals, correspondence, interoffice and intraoffice
communications, memoranda, opinions, reports, evaluations, recommendations, reviews,
analyses, minutes, entries in personal diaries or other record books, summaries, notes, or minutes
of meetings or conversations or communications of any type or description (including, without
limitation, telephone conversations, personal conversations or interviews, meetings, conferences,
negotiations, and investigations), cablegrams, mailgrams, telegrams, facsimiles, electronic mail,
email, telexes, marginal comments or annotations appearing in any document, calendars,
appointment books, pamphlets, books, manuals, directives, bulletins, instructions, agreements,
contracts and other legal documents, news releases, advertisements, ledgers, statistics, surveys,
checks, financial statements, invoices, receipts, work sheets, bills, preliminary drafts and working
papers, drawings, sketches, charts, graphs, plans, specifications, photographs, phonographs, films,
tapes, information recorded on microfilm or microfiche, data and information on computer-stored
or computer-readable media whether tape, disk, diskette, RAM, or other medium of storage,
including but not limited to computer files and electronic mail, and all other writings, recordings,
and data compilations of every description, however denominated, translated, or described from
which information can be obtained or translated, if necessary, through detective devices into
reasonably usable form.
For purpose of the foregoing definition, the term “draft” means any earlier, preliminary,
preparatory, or tentative version of all or part of a document, whether or not such draft was
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superseded by a later draft, and whether or not the terms of the draft are the same as or different
from the terms of the final document. The term “copy” means all versions of a document that is
not in every respect identical to the documents being produced.
9. The terms “You” or “Your” shall be construed in its broadest sense and shall refer
to Allen Beck and any of his companies, subsidiary companies, predecessors, successors, affiliates,
partners, and any or all of their stockholders, agents, employees, accountants, lawyers and/or any
other person(s) acting or purporting to act on his behalf.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR DOCUMENT REQUESTS
1. Unless otherwise specified, the production of documents called for in these requests
covers the period 2011 to the present. Notwithstanding, to the extent any document created before
that date pertains to the subject matter of the requested, it should be produced in response to these
requests.
2. Documents should be produced in their entirety without abbreviation or
expurgation.
3. If you object to any Request in whole or in part on the basis of any claimed
privilege, provide the following information for each communication or information of which you
claim a privilege:
a. The type of communication or information (e.g. meeting,
phone call, letter, data);
b. The date of the communication or information;
c. The identity of the author of any written communication, the
speaker of any oral communication, or the source of any
information;
d. The identity of all persons who received or had access to any
written communication or information and all persons
present during oral communication;
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e. The subject matter of the communications or information;
f. The location of any information, written communications
and recordings of any oral communications; and
g. The factual and legal basis on which you claim privilege.
8. In the event that any matter called for in a request has been destroyed, that item
should be identified as follows: sender, recipient, each recipient copied or blind copied; date,
subject matter, number of pages, attachments or appendixes; all persons to whom distributed,
shown or explained; date of destruction, manner of destruction, reason for destruction, person
authorizing destruction and person destroying the document(s).
9. These requests are continuing, and require further and supplemental production if
the recipient receives or generates additional matter between the time of original production and
the time of trial.
10. If any matter covered by a request is no longer in your possession, custody or
control, describe the matter in detail and identify the present custodian.
11. Each page of a produced document shall have a legible, unique page identifier
(“Bates Number”) on the face of the image in a location that does not obliterate, conceal or interfere
with any information from the source document.
12. Electronic records and computerized information must be produced with all
metadata preserved and intact.
REQUESTS FOR DOCUMENTS
1. All documents and correspondence related to the sale or contemplated sale of
properties owned by the Companies, including but not limited to, any final or draft contracts,
correspondence related to negotiations with the prospective buyers, the status of any down
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payments for the sales, how the sales prices were set, the status of any pre-closing conditions and
the status of any closings.
2. All documents concerning any offers for or due diligence conducted by potential
buyers of those properties.
3. All documents and communications relating to any mortgages on any of the
properties owned by the Companies, including the balances owed on such mortgages, and any
applications or commitments for any further loans, refinancings or mortgages.
4. All documents and communications relating to profit and loss statements of the
Companies.
5. All documents and communications relating to the compensation of the
Companies’ directors, officers and employees, including but not limited to salaries, bonuses,
expense reimbursements, commissions, consulting fees, pension plan contributions, profit-sharing,
use of the Companies’ credit cards, personal services, housing expenses, loans guaranteed by the
Companies, interest, dividends and/or gifts.
6. All documents and communications relating to payments, benefits, things of value,
or other consideration provided by the Companies to any of their shareholders, directors, officers,
or employees, including but not limited to salaries, bonuses, expense reimbursements,
commissions, consulting fees, pension plan contributions, profit-sharing, use of the Companies’
credit cards, personal services, housing expenses, loans guaranteed by the Companies, interest,
dividends and/or gifts.
7. All documents and communications relating to any analyses by real estate advisors
concerning any properties owned by the Companies.
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8. All documents and communications relating to any appraisals of any properties
owned by the Companies.
9. All documents related to the Companies’ expenses.
10. A listing of all assets of the Companies.
11. All documents and communications concerning any lease or other contract between
any of the Companies and any relative, friend, employee, or independent contractor of an
employee, officer, or director of any of the Companies.
12. All documents and communications concerning any transaction between any of the
Companies and any employee, officer, or director of any of the Companies.
13. All documents concerning the Companies’ solicitation or receipt of offers to
purchase any of the Companies’ assets.
14. All documents or communications concerning the re-investment, including through
what is known as a 1031 exchange, of the sales proceeds from the sale of certain Manhattan real
estate to Extell.
15. All documents including all communications concerning any request by any
director or shareholder of the Companies to inspect the Companies’ books and records, including
but not limited to correspondence between Yasemin and the Companies.
16. All documents and communications regarding any consideration given by any of
the Defendants to dividing up the assets of the Companies among their shareholders, including but
not limited to the tax implications of doing so.
17. All documents concerning any leases or other arrangements Billur Akipek or any
member of her family has in connection with arrangements to live in or stay at any properties
owned by the Companies.
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18. All documents concerning the purchase by the Companies or Berrin Tekiner of a
home in the South of France and any subsequent sale thereof.
19. All documents concerning the purchase by the Companies, Gonca Tekiner or Berrin
Tekiner of any apartments located at 30 East 85th Street and any subsequent sales thereof.
20. All documents concerning the purchase by the Companies or Berrin Tekiner of a
home in the Hamptons area of Long Island and any subsequent sale thereof.
21. All documents concerning the purchase by the Companies or Gonca Tekiner of a
home in Bronxville, New York, including but limited to any mortgages or other financing taken
out by the Companies to pay for that purchase.
22. All documents concerning the Companies’ payment or reimbursement of expenses
of any of the Individual Defendants, including but not limited to: telephone bills; landscaping bills;
housekeeping bills; wages or expenses of a driver or housekeeper; travel expenses; and pet food.
23. All documents concerning any leases or other arrangements made to permit any
friends, relatives or staff of the Defendants to reside or stay in any of the properties owned by the
Defendants.
24. All documents concerning the Companies’ sale of a property located on Second
Avenue in Midtown Manhattan during 2006 through 2007 and Yasemin’s role in that transaction.
25. All documents concerning the Companies’ purchase of a property located on the
Bowery in Manhattan and Yasemin’s role in that transaction.
26. All documents concerning the Companies’ consideration of purchasing properties
in Florida.
27. All documents concerning any complaints or concerns Yasemin raised about the
Companies’ operations, management or finances.
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28. All documents and communications concerning the Companies’ compliance with
New York State and City laws and regulations.
29. All documents concerning any complaints or concerns about the Companies’
operations, management or finances.
30. All documents concerning any problems or deficiencies of the Companies’
operations, management, or finances.
31. All documents concerning any training the Companies accounting and financial
staff have had in accounting or financial management.
32. All documents concerning the Companies’ acquisition o properties in Texas.
33. All documents concerning or reflecting the financial performance of the
Companies’ properties in Texas.
34. Any documents or communications concerning the possible or actual loss of any of
the Companies’ Texas properties and the Companies’ need to buy those properties back at auction.
35. Any documents or communications related to or reflecting the process by which
Beck & Baumann was retained by the Defendants.
36. Any documents or communications related to or reflecting Your impressions of
Berrin Tekiner’s leadership of the Companies.
37. Any documents or communications related to or reflecting Your impressions of
Gonca Tekiner’s leadership of the Companies.
38. Any documents or communications related to the capabilities, deficiencies, or
performance of Berrin Tekiner or Gonca Tekiner.
39. Any documents or communications concerning the Companies’ business plans or
strategies.
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40. All documents concerning the Trust.
41. All communications with Berrin Tekiner, Gonca Tekiner, Billur Akipek, or Zeynep
Tekiner.
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SCHEDULE B
DEPOSITION TOPICS
1. Your work relating to Bremen House, Inc., Bremen House Texas, Inc., German
News Company, Inc., German News Texas, Inc., 254 – 258 W. 35th St. LLC (“Companies”),
Berrin Tekiner, Gonca Tekiner, and/or Billur Akipek (together with Companies, “Defendants”).
2. The value of properties owned by the Companies.
3. Appraisals of any properties owned by the Companies.
4. Assets of the Companies.
5. Purchases of properties by the Companies.
6. The sale or contemplated sale of properties owned by the Companies.
7. The Companies’ solicitation or receipt of offers to purchase any of the Companies’
assets.
8. Mortgages on any of the properties owned by the Companies.
9. Distributions of revenue and/or profits relating to the Companies.
10. Expenses of the Companies.
11. Analyses of any properties owned by the Companies by real estate advisors.
12. Contracts between the Companies and any relative, friend, employee, or
independent contractor of an employee, officer, or director of any of the Companies, including the
individual Defendants.
13. Requests by any director or shareholder of the Companies to inspect the
Companies’ books and records.
14. Any consideration given by any of the Defendants to dividing up the assets of the
Companies among their shareholders, including but not limited to the tax implications of doing so.
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15. The Companies’ compliance with New York State and City laws and regulations.
16. The Companies’ management of properties owned by them.
17. The Companies’ record-keeping processes and procedures.
18. The Companies’ operations, management and finances.
19. The Companies’ strategies and business plans.
20. Berrin Tekiner’s role at the Companies.
21. Gonca Tekiner’s role at the Companies.
22. Yasemin Tekiner’s role at the Companies.
23. Sami Tekiner’s role at the Companies.
24. Berrin Tekiner’s leadership of the Companies.
25. Gonca Tekiner’s leadership of the Companies.
26. Advice provided by Beck & Baumann to the Companies regarding their financial
condition.
27. The Companies’ financial statements.
28. The Companies’ transactions.
29. Documents produced by Denise Baumann.
30. Documents produced by Beck & Baumann.
31. Documents produced by you.
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