New testimonies and photographs emerge in the Seçil Erzan case

A new development has occurred in the Seçil Erzan case, which has been the talk of Turkey. Testimonies from businessman Ömer Kahraman, who works in the jewelry business in Çorlu, as well as Nazlı Can and her nephew Kerim Can, have been obtained, along with photographs taken during the delivery of money to Seçil Erzan.

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New testimonies and photographs emerge in the Seçil Erzan case

12punto.com.tr / Müslim SARIYAR

New images have emerged of Seçil Erzan, who is being tried on charges of defrauding many people, including Arda Turan, Muslera, Emre Belözoğlu, and Selçuk İnan, under the guise of a private fund, as well as those alleged to be her accomplices.

One of the complainants was businessman Ömer Kahraman, based in Çorlu. In his testimony, he explained how he was victimized and how he delivered the money as follows:

"I have known Seçil Erzan for about 25 years. Erzan has never visited my business; or rather, it would be accurate to say I last saw her 20 years ago. However, at the beginning of 2023, Seçil Erzan called me on the phone. Later, she came to my business in person and told me about a fund with high returns. She said the fund had a maturity of about 30-35 days and a return between 20-30%."

'I INVESTED IN THE FATİH TERİM FUND'

"She even said that Fatih Terim had invested in this fund, that many football players were also in this fund, that not everyone could enter this fund, and that she included valuable clients when there were gaps.

Furthermore, she constantly brought this matter up to me over the phone. Thinking I would make an investment, I decided to enter the fund. On 09/01/2023, I first delivered 300 thousand dollars to Seçil Erzan personally in her office at the Denizbank Levent Branch.

In February, an individual named Nazlı Can came to my business in Çorlu. I handed her 400 thousand and 300 thousand dollars on two separate occasions. Additionally, Seçil sent a young person to my business again. She said this person was Nazlı Can's brother, Kerem.

I handed 200 thousand dollars to this person she sent. In the following days, I gave 90 thousand dollars to Nazlı Can, who came to my business one last time."

NAZLI CAN'S POSES WITH THE MONEY

Businessman Kahraman, who stated in his testimony that he took photographs of Nazlı Can and Kerim Can while he was handing over the money, submitted these photo frames to the case file through his lawyer.

ENTERED THE INVESTIGATION FILE

In the photo frames, Nazlı Can, who is being tried without arrest, is seen posing with the money.

Additionally, businessman Kahraman submitted a screen recording he took during a video call with Seçil Erzan to the prosecutor's office through his lawyer.

The photo frames taken while Seçil Erzan, Nazlı Can, and her nephew Kerim Can came to collect money were included in the investigation file by the prosecutor's office.

ALSO SENT MONEY TO NUR ERKASAP

In the continuation of his testimony, businessman Ömer Kahraman stated that he sent money to Nur Erkasap under the direction of Seçil Erzan.

He explained the details as follows:

"Seçil Erzan told me that I needed to deposit money into the account of a person named Nur Erkasap. I listened to her and sent 5 million 884 thousand TL to Nur Erkasap's account. I also forwarded the receipt to Seçil.

Up until now, Seçil Erzan only delivered 100 thousand dollars to me once under the name of fund returns by coming to my business at the Orion shopping center.

Other than that, because I was asking for information about the fund, she gave me 100 thousand and 150 thousand dollars in two parts in cash at a cafe in Göktürk. However, she did not return my principal. As a result, I am filing a complaint against Seçil Erzan, Nur Erkasap, and Denizbank officials. This is all I have to say."

SEÇİL ERZAN'S TESTIMONY

In her testimony, Seçil Erzan stated that the person named Ömer Kahraman was in the diamond business in Çorlu and said, "Ömer is one of the people I promised a fund to. In fact, Ömer Kahraman delivered the money he was going to give me to Nazlı Can. There are images regarding this on my phone. Although I don't remember exactly, Nazlı brought me the 750 thousand dollars she received from Ömer. However, I paid half of this money, and I could not pay the other half."

NAZLI CAN'S TESTIMONY

Nazlı Can, who is being tried without arrest, said the following regarding Ömer Kahraman's testimony:

"From time to time, I have received money from people in this way. More accurately, I only received money from a jeweler named Ömer Kahraman at the Çorlu Orion Mall once by myself and delivered it to Seçil.

Other than that, I did not receive money from anyone by myself. When we went with Seçil, Seçil always received the money. I don't know what promises Seçil made to whom. I did not defraud anyone."

KERİM CAN'S TESTIMONY

One of the people who received money from businessman Ömer Kahraman was Nazlı Can's nephew, Kerim Can. Kerem Can, one of the suspects being tried without arrest, explained the incident as follows:

“My aunt, Nazlı Can, called me at a time I don't remember and told me that there was a package at a jeweler inside the Orion Mall in Çorlu, and told me to take this package and deliver it to a person named Seçil Erzan.

Ömer Kahraman handed me the money, the amount of which I did not know, by putting it in a cargo bag, and took a photocopy of my ID. After I received the money, I went near Seçil Erzan's house in Istanbul and delivered the money to her and returned.

I did not receive any financial benefit from anyone for taking this money. If I had known that this money was related to fraud, I would not have done it."