In the investigation conducted into capital market transactions, the number of detainees has risen to 17 following the arrest of three more suspects whose judicial questioning was ongoing. It was reported that the latest individuals arrested are Tera Holding Board members Abdulkadir Özkan and Bülent Uygun, as well as Doğa Sigorta owner and Chairman of the Board Nihat Kırmızı.
The 20 suspects detained as part of the investigation carried out by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office Terrorism Financing and Money Laundering Crimes Investigation Bureau had been referred to the courthouse. Following prosecutorial procedures, an application was made to the Criminal Judgeship of Peace for the arrest of the suspects.
In the first stage, Furkan Baki, Murat Keçeci, Ramazan Erbey, İlhan Aygül, Salih Can Bülbül, Selçuk Kahya, Uğur Akkafa, Samet Çetinel, Celal Yarız, İsmail Ege, Mehmet Yıldırım, Lütfi Çetinel, Berkan Gülen, and Mehmet Erbey were arrested. Halil İbrahim Ege, Büşra Alçelik, and Gözde Hacıoğlu were released under judicial control conditions.
With the arrest of Abdulkadir Özkan, Bülent Uygun, and Nihat Kırmızı, whose proceedings at the judgeship were ongoing, the total number of people arrested within the scope of the investigation has reached 17.
News Source: 12punto