Interim decision announced in the Seçil Erzan case! They will be brought to the hearing by force...
The court has ruled for the continued detention of bank branch manager Seçil Erzan, who is accused of defrauding many people, including Arda Turan, Fernando Muslera, and Emre Belözoğlu, in a case publicly known as the 'Fatih Terim Fund'. In its interim decision, the court ordered Turan, Belözoğlu, İnan, and Muslera to appear at the hearing, ruling that they will be brought by force if they do not comply.
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A review of the detention status was conducted via the case file for Branch Manager Seçil Erzan, who is accused of defrauding 21 people, including well-known footballers Arda Turan, Fernando Muslera, Emre Belözoğlu, and Selçuk İnan, of approximately 25 million dollars and 7 million 384 thousand liras by claiming there was a reliable fund with high returns and that names like Fatih Terim were also included in this fund.
DETENTION ORDERED TO CONTINUE
In the review, it was decided that the detention of the jailed defendants Seçil Erzan and Ali Yörük would continue separately.
LAST HEARING WAS HELD ON JANUARY 15
Announcing its interim decision at the hearing held on January 15, the court decided to request the account activity of the defendant Erzan at Denizbank, to have the phones and SIM cards belonging to the defendants that are in judicial custody examined by an expert to obtain a report, and to obtain an additional report regarding any correspondence with bank employees and managers related to the subject of the expert report.
FINAL DEADLINE GIVEN TO TURAN, BELÖZOĞLU, İNAN, AND MUSLERA
The court ruled that the lawyers for the complainants Arda Turan, Emre Belözoğlu, Selçuk İnan, and Fernando Muslera be given a final deadline to have their clients present, otherwise, a warrant for their forced appearance would be issued. The court panel ordered that the account activity of defendants Ali Yörük, Atilla Yörük, Nazlı Can, and Hüseyin Eligül at all banks be inquired about from the Banks Association, and that the account activity between Ali Yörük and Semih Kaya be requested from the bank. Deciding to write to the prison to obtain signature samples from defendant Ali Yörük, the panel ruled that once the response is received, a letter should be sent to the Council of Forensic Medicine to compare the signature on the receipt with the defendant's signature samples.
FORCED APPEARANCE FOR PERSON WHO WORKED WITH ERZAN DURING THE SAME PERIOD
The court decided to have a person named Fatin Seven, who worked at the bank during the same period as the defendant Erzan, brought by force as a 'witness', and also decided to issue a writ for the forced appearance of some witnesses, including Arda Turan's brother Okan Turan.
The decision on hearing bank managers and employees as witnesses will be made in subsequent sessions.
Deciding that the identification information of all bank personnel who worked with Erzan between 2020 and 2023 be obtained and sent to the court, the court ruled that requests to hear bank managers and bank employees as witnesses would be evaluated in subsequent sessions.
The panel ruled that the log records regarding the inquiries made by defendant Erzan for the complainants who have accounts at Denizbank branches be requested, and that a letter be written to MASAK (Financial Crimes Investigation Board) to have the entire report prepared regarding the case sent to the court. The court panel decided that a letter be written to Denizbank to request the original of the email printout submitted by witness Semih Kaya, if it exists, and also gave the defendant and her lawyer 10 days to provide the password for the SIM card inside the phone for which a report was previously obtained.
POSTPONED TO MARCH 8
Ruling that the deficiencies be addressed, the panel postponed the hearing to March 8.