Details of the expert report prepared regarding Oğuzhan Uğur have emerged

An expert report has been prepared regarding Oğuzhan Uğur, who was detained as part of the investigation conducted by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office into the Ahbap Association.

The report stated that the account movements of Oğuzhan Uğur, his brother Tuğrul Uğur, and the family-affiliated companies Babala TV Organizasyon Ticaret Limited Şirketi, Babalayka Film Yapım Ticaret Limited Şirketi, and OsisYapım Reklam ve Organizasyon Ticaret Limited Şirketi were examined within the scope of a review covering the 2017-2026 period, including bank accounts, assets, and cross-relationships. The investigation also included a comparison of the accounts of Yeliz Kaya, who is stated to be connected to the Ahbap Association, and the individuals with whom she has financial relationships.

ALLEGED TWO SEPARATE INDIRECT FINANCIAL CONNECTION LINES IN THE REPORT

The expert report stated that no record of direct money transfers was found between Oğuzhan Uğur, Tuğrul Uğur, and the associated companies, and the Ahbap Association and Yeliz Kaya. However, it was alleged that two separate and independent indirect financial connection lines were identified in the account movements.

According to the report, in the first connection line, it was stated that Oğuzhan Uğur carried out direct financial transactions totaling 802 thousand 350 TL, consisting of 400 thousand TL with Serhat Aydın, 350 thousand 350 TL with Barış Zümrüt, and 52 thousand TL with Ercüment Karataş.

It was reported that these three individuals were in separate financial relationships with Mehmet Sait Köse, and that Köse had sent a total of 550 thousand TL to Yeliz Kaya in two transactions. It was stated that the same individuals also appeared as counterparties in recurring and high-value transactions in the accounts of Tuğrul Uğur and Babala TV.

The report also noted that Serhat Aydın had a two-way transaction volume of approximately 964 thousand 700 TL with the Uğur family and associated companies, Barış Zümrüt had approximately 6.6 million TL, and Ercüment Karataş had approximately 1.8 million TL.

In the second connection line, it was stated that Gaye Akıl, who sent a total of 231 thousand 710 TL to Tuğrul Uğur in four transactions, received a total of 70 thousand TL from Aytaç Köse in three transactions, and that Yeliz Kaya sent 450 thousand TL to Aytaç Köse. The report assessed that these transactions could point to a second and independent indirect financial connection line extending to Yeliz Kaya.

The report included the following statements:

"In this context, although no direct fund transfer from the Uğur family and associated companies to Yeliz Kaya has been detected; the existence of two separate indirect relationship lines—one extending to Mehmet Sait Köse via Serhat Aydın, Barış Zümrüt, and Ercüment Karataş, and from there to Yeliz Kaya, and the other extending to Yeliz Kaya via Gaye Akış and Aytaç Köse—reveals that the transaction circles of the parties intersect through multiple common counterparties. These connections are not evidence of a fund transfer proving the movement of the same money, but rather constitute a multi-layered indirect financial relationship network formed through recurring common individuals, which is significant in terms of the subject of the file."

ACCOUNT MOVEMENTS AND ELECTRONIC MONEY TRANSACTIONS EVALUATED

The report stated that a total transaction volume of 24 million 55 thousand 673 TL occurred in 1,066 transactions in Oğuzhan Uğur's accounts, and that these transactions had increased significantly, especially since 2023.

While it was stated that a total of 12 million 518 thousand 288 TL entered the accounts and 8 million 841 thousand 905 TL exited, it was noted that the financial relationship between personal accounts, family companies, and his brother was intense.

It was reported that there were electronic money and payment institution transactions totaling 1 million 350 thousand 286 TL in 201 transactions in Tuğrul Uğur's accounts.

The report included the following assessment in this section:

"While the fact that these institution names also recur in previously examined illegal betting files does not in itself indicate a criminal connection, it has been opined that when evaluated together with the intense transfers Tuğrul Uğur carried out with numerous natural persons, high cash deposit transactions, and money movements with Cyprus-linked companies, it constitutes complementary financial data supporting the transaction pattern."

CYPRUS-LINKED TRANSACTIONS ALSO ENTERED THE REPORT

The expert report also included money movements made from the accounts of Tuğrul Uğur and associated companies with various companies stated to be based in Cyprus.

According to the report, a total of 464 thousand 680 TL was sent in 17 transactions to Kantara Palace Ltd, Arkın Ventures Limited, Çağın Ltd, and Aydoğan Investments Ltd, and 23 thousand 220 TL was received through Cyprus İktisat Bankası Limited.

Furthermore, it was stated that Tuğrul Uğur had low-value money movements with Can Kılıçarslan, one of the suspects in the Derkan Başer file, and İMS Elektronik Tekstil Gıda Sanayi İç ve Dış Ticaret Limited Şirketi, and that this was evaluated as a financial indicator in the expert report.

The report also included an assessment that the family members and company accounts were not used independently of each other, and that there were intense and two-way fund movements between personal and company accounts.

ASSESSMENT REGARDING VILLA PURCHASE ALSO INCLUDED IN THE REPORT

The following assessment was made regarding Tuğrul Uğur in the report:

"When the high-volume account movements spread over a very wide network of natural persons and branches, intense cash deposits, electronic money transactions, serial and fragmented transfers, and financial contacts with Cyprus-based companies and individuals previously encountered in illegal betting files; the transactions of Babala TV and Babalayka Film Yapım accounts with risky counterparties such as Grandfalcon Investment Ltd. and Aydoğan Investments Ltd.; and the high-value two-way fund circulation between family members and associated companies are evaluated together, it has been concluded that there are strong financial indicators that the accounts belonging to the Uğur family and their companies were used within an integrated financial structure where funds were circulated between different individual and company accounts, beyond ordinary personal and commercial use."

The report continued with the following statements:

"The direction of the high-value funds coming from GAİN Medya toward the purchase of a luxury vehicle in a short time and the fact that the source of the 25 million Turkish Lira Ömerli villa purchase cannot be explained by existing bank, cash, and credit records make it necessary to further investigate the actual financing sources of movable and immovable property purchases. In line with the current findings, when the multi-layered indirect financial connections extending to Yeliz Kaya, the recurring counterparties in illegal betting files, high cash and electronic money movements, intense fund circulation between individual-family-company accounts, and the purchase of assets with undetermined sources are evaluated together, it has been assessed that they constitute strong and concrete financial indicators requiring the continuation of a detailed financial investigation regarding the subject of the file."

It was learned that the investigation conducted by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office is ongoing.

News Source: İHA