Erden Timur arrested

The investigation into suspect Erden Timur was transferred from the Sports Crimes Investigation Bureau to the Terrorism Financing and Money Laundering Bureau.

Following the testimony provided by Timur, theUpon examination of the entire file,the prosecutor's office decided to separate the file from the betting investigation. Following the procedures here, thesuspects were referredto the Criminal Court of Peace with a request for arrest. For 22suspects,an arrest was also requested.

The court issued an arrest warrant for 19 people, including Erden Timur.

Football dIn theinvestigation conducted into allegations of 'betting' and 'match-fixing',former Galatasaray Sportif A.Ş.Deputy Chairman Erden Timur, who wastaken intocustody and whose file was separated following the prosecutor's proceedings, wasbrought before theby the duty magistrate for the crime of 'launderingassets derived from crime'was arrested..

Among those arrested was Eyüpspor President Fatih Kulaksız.

Journalist Murat Ağırel, the names of the individuals arrested within the scope of the investigation are as follows:arrested.

The individuals referred to the courthouse and arrested by court order are as follows;

1-Bahattin Berke Demircan

2-Dogukan Çınar

3-Eyüp Can Temiz

4-Furkan Demir

5-Gökhan Payal

6-İbrahim Yılmaz

7-Mustafa Çeçenoğlu

8-Ergün Nazlı

9-Hamit Bayraktar

10-Hüseyin Aybars Tüfekci

11-İlke Tankul

12-İsmail Karataş

13-Mert Aktaş

14-Tufan Kelleci

15-Ecem Alkaş

16-Mirza Şerifoğlu

17-Esat Bilayak

18-Fatih Kulaksız

19-Erden Timur

The statement included the following remarks:

The investigation into suspect Erden Timur was conducted by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office Sports Cricrimeswhile the investigation was being conducted by the bureau, by thepolice departmentwhile it was being carried out, the statement taken by the police department,the statement takenat our Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, and the tWhen the entire scope of the fileis evaluated as a whole, based on the state of the evidence, it was deemed necessary toseparate it from the current file,and it was transferred to the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's OfficeTerrorism Financing and Money Laundering Bureau.Following the procedures here, thesuspect was referred to the Criminal Court of Peacewith a request for arrest.

POLICE SAID THAT Veysel Şahin WAS A BETTING BARONTHEYSAID"

Details of the statement given by Erden Timur, whose prosecutor's interrogation has been completed, have been reached. Eyup Ur and Veysel Sahin, stating in his prosecutor's testimony that he does not know these individuals,Timur said, "Since I generallysell between 3,000 and 4,000 apartments annually,I do not know the individualsin question. I heard the name Veysel Şahin because the officers from the police department told me he was an illegal betting baron.In 2014-2015, I sold24 apartments, eachmeasuring57 square meters,to Veysel Şahin. Ilearned. This dateI learned corresponds to the year 2017. My friends in the police department told me that Veysel Şahin had bought a house from my project in 2014-2015.They told me that an operation would be carried outagainst Veysel and that I should delaythe title deed deliveryprocess.they said. Based on this, I did not hand over the title deed,” he said.

"I BOUGHT 220 KG OF PHYSICAL GOLD WITH 4-5 MILLION WORTH OF MONEY FROM MY FATHER"

When asked about the money movements in his account, Timur stated that he fell into a difficult situation during the Covidperiodandsufferedlosses.stating that he was knownand that he borrowed money from his fatherhe saidthathe said, "I boughtgold-indexed money worth 4-5 million and physical gold worth approximately 220 kg. This amount is equal to my company's 1-2 months of expenses. My father is a respected businessman, meaning he is someone with assets. I took this debtand goldphysically." I also made the payment in cash over the last yearto my father. I carried out thistransaction by purchasing gold from my personal accountandcompleted it. My reason for buying gold was both to save gold and to pay off my gold debt to my father. At the same time, from the jewelergold debtrestedtion. The money traffic in question stems from this. Documents regarding this are available,” he said.

“EVEN THOUGH THE CASH AMOUNTSMAY SEEM LARGE...”

in 2024the money that came into his account, even though itappeared as a largeamountappearedgstating that, Erden Timur said, "Although the cash amounts appear to be large sumsasthey are actuallyequal to the company's monthly expenses. The money deposited into my account in cash stems from debts I have takenout. These funds are debts I received from Cahit B., Şaban K., Doğan B., Derviş B., and my fatherout. These funds are debts I received from Cahit B., Şaban K., Doğan B., Derviş B., and my fatherstems from the projects.The reason for my company's loss is that I have been unable to start new projects for the last 4-5 years. Our company will announce a profit this year.profitwill announce. In thepastperiod,from the company only debtmoney was transferred to my account as profitdistribution for payments. I paid a significant portionof the debt with the money I received from the company as profit distribution to the individuals I named above; there is still aportion that I have not yet paid,” he said.

“THAT VEYSEL ŞAHİN WOULD BE ASKEDABOUTI DID NOT EXPECT"

He never thought that he would be asked a question about Veysel Şahin at allTimur stated, "Indeed, it is notpossible for me to knowwhether the peopleto whom I sold apartments have a criminalrecord or not.These apartment sales are carried out by the authorized signatory managerwe have designatedat the company. OurIt is not possible for us to be involved in allsales. I can say thatit is notpossible. I can say that I am the owner of a companythat is one of the rare, if not the only, largecompany that has grown without taking loans from state banks to this day. The amounts you mentioned to me and those stated in the report are the company's bmagnitudegare alsoquite normal amounts when evaluated. It is clear that when we make even the slightest zoning increase, we will generate more than three times the total of these stated figuresclear,” he said.