Breaking News: Key figure of the ABK criminal organization, Serdar Sertçelik, brought to Turkey

Serdar Sertçelik, identified as one of the high-level figures of the organized crime structure led by Ayhan Bora Kaplan and subject to a Red Notice, has been brought to Turkey from the prison where he was held in Hungary.

Minister of Interior Ali Yerlikaya announced the development on his social media account. In his statement, Yerlikaya reported that as a result of a joint effort conducted by the General Directorate of Security's Department of Anti-Smuggling and Organized Crime (KOM), the Interpol-Europol Department, and the Hungarian police, Sertçelik was handed over to the country.

?? “Serdar Sertçelik, the manager of the A.B.K. Organized Crime Organization, whom we were searching for with a Red Notice and who was detained in Hungary, is in Turkey”

By the officials of the General Directorate of Security KOM Department and the Interpol-Europol Department, and the Hungarian Police, the A.B.K. Organized crime organization… pic.twitter.com/1h25Quc7SX

— Ali Yerlikaya (@AliYerlikaya) January 31, 2026

HE WAS CAPTURED ON MAY 25

Sertçelik, who faced charges of “membership in an organization for the purpose of committing crimes, intentional homicide, and killing to conceal a crime or destroy evidence,” was captured and arrested in Hungary on May 25, 2024.

News Source: İHA