Photo of gold stolen from the Büyükçekmece Courthouse evidence locker emerges

The incident occurred on December 1, 2025, at theBüyükçekmece Courthouse. According to information obtained,it was reported to the public prosecutor thatErdal T., a clerk assigned to the BüyükçekmeceChief Public Prosecutor's Office Evidence Bureau,had not been coming to work for a long time.Following this, the chief public prosecutor, along with officials, opened the evidencebureau room and the safesinside.During the search, it was determined thatapproximately 50 kilograms of silver andapproximately 25 kilograms of gold were missing.A photograph of some of the gold stolenfrom the Büyükçekmece Courthouse's evidence vault 

has emerged.It was also revealed that the gold stolen byErdal T. consisted of jewelry seized during an operation targeting 113 suspects detainedwithin the scope of an investigation intofraudulent citizenship across 19 provinces centered in Istanbul.