New measures from Minister of Justice Gürlek in the fund investigation

Minister of Justice Akın Gürlek, in his statement titled "We protect the rights of our citizens" on his NSosyal account, emphasized that his priorities in the fund investigation, which is closely followed by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, are to protect the rights of citizens, not to allow their savings to be exploited, and to ensure that the grievances they have suffered are redressed within the framework of the conditions stipulated by the law.

Gürlek stated that in the investigation carried out by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, Laundering Crimes Investigation Bureau, within the scope of the crimes of "establishing or becoming a member of an organization for the purpose of committing a crime", "qualified fraud", "laundering of assets resulting from crime" and "opposition to the Capital Markets Law", efforts are continuing to reveal all aspects of money movements.

"In this context, a new step has been taken today, money outflows from the funds between July 1 and September 16 were examined starting from the highest amount, the assets of 46 legal entities, 18 funds and 42 real persons were frozen, and a judicial control measure in the form of a travel ban was imposed on 37 suspects for whom no precautions had been taken before. In this context, transfer, assignment, sale, donation, mortgage and pledge establishment, account closure, high amount cash withdrawal, EFT/money transfer and "Memorandums have been written to all relevant institutions and organizations in order to prevent other transactions that reduce assets, to freeze capital market instruments and to report suspicious transactions to the judicial authorities without delay."

"We will follow the money trail to the end"

Gürlek pointed out that they aim to prevent the asset values subject to investigation from being smuggled, changed hands or transferred to third parties, to secure the values determined to have been obtained from crime and to ensure that the victim citizens regain their rights, and said, "We will follow the trace to the end, regardless of which account the money was transferred to, which company or person the assets were transferred to. We will never allow the savings accumulated by our well-intentioned citizens with years of effort to be exploited by some individuals and structures." He included his statements.

Underlining that they will reveal illegal transactions and their connections, and that they will resolutely implement all legal measures necessary to protect the rights of the victims within the framework of the conditions stipulated by the law, Gürlek continued as follows:

"We will fight to the end with all the opportunities the law gives us to protect the rights, labor and savings of our citizens."