Seçil Erzan's testimony revealed! 'I am very regretful for deceiving them'

Striking details continue to emerge in the case of former branch manager Seçil Erzan, who faces a demand for 226 years in prison on charges of defrauding many people from the worlds of football and business with the promise of high returns.

According to the report in Sözcü; Seçil Erzan stated in her testimony that she entered the stock market in 2011 and went bankrupt, and later bought another stock to cover her losses, which also went bankrupt. Upon this, Erzan stated that she took millions of dollars from people she trusted by promising investments, and that she thought about committing suicide because she could not pay them back.

“I TOOK MONEY FROM PEOPLE BY PROMISING INVESTMENTS”

Erzan stated, “The stock I bought from the market went bankrupt in 3 days and I lost 1 million TL. I started thinking at every opportunity about how I could cover this loss. I bought stocks again to cover my previous loss. When this paper I bought also went bankrupt, my loss grew even more. From that time until now, I have taken money from people I knew and trusted by promising investments.”

“I DECEIVED THEM BY SAYING THERE ARE TRANSACTIONS WE DO FOR OUR SPECIAL CLIENTS”

Stating that she started to cover her losses after the money she received, Erzan said, “Things went wrong in 2023. Or rather, I reached a complete dead end after 2021. Bülent Çeviker, whom you asked me about, was a person I had known and liked for many years from the Florya branch. Since my debt was rising, I thought of taking money from Bülent Çeviker as a way out. Specifically, I told him that I would enter a fund but that it was not possible with small amounts, and that I could purchase this fund by pooling the money I collected from very large clients. At first, I asked for 3 million dollars, but Mr. Bülent told me he could give 2 million dollars. I made a full investment promise. Mr. Bülent accepted. I deceived Mr. Bülent by saying, ‘There are transactions we do for our very large special clients. I don't do these within the bank. It is a separate special department of the bank and these are transactions we only do with very wealthy clients. For this reason, withdraw the money from your account and deliver it to me outside the bank.’”

“I PREPARED THE DOCUMENTS MYSELF”

Stating that she prepared the documents proving the transactions were made herself, Erzan said, “I prepared the signed documents with the Seçil Erzan stamp, I pressed the stamps on them, and I signed them. They wanted a document so they would believe me, and I prepared, stamped, and signed these documents myself, completely unrelated to the bank, and delivered them.”

“I THOUGHT ABOUT COMMITTING SUICIDE”

Explaining that she thought about committing suicide when she could not pay back the money she took from people she knew and trusted with the promise of a ‘high-yield fund,’ Erzan said, “As far as I remember, I took 200 thousand dollars from Burhan Taşpolat. As far as I remember, I had taken 400-500 thousand dollars from Evrim Pınar. In the same way, I had deceived them with the promise that I would give them more money. I am very ashamed while telling this situation now; I loved Uncle Burhan very much, I am very regretful for deceiving them. My goal was to take from someone else and pay my previous debt to get out of it, but I reached a further dead end. I thought about committing suicide, but I couldn't even manage that.”