Former MHK President Ferhat Gündoğdu's Police Statement Revealed

Details of the police statement of former MHK President Ferhat Gündoğdu, who was detained in the Central Referee Board (MHK) investigation carried out by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office Illegal Betting and Sports Crimes Investigation Bureau, have been revealed.

Many questions were asked to Gündoğdu regarding referee classifications, match assignments, examination processes, observer reports and financial transactions.

“I'M ON THE BREAK BETWEEN WHETHER TO FINISH MY REFEREE OR NOT TO FINISH”

One of the attention-grabbing headlines of the investigation was the audio recording that was said to have taken place between Kerem Ersoy and Gündoğdu.

In the recording, which was stated to be obtained from digital materials, it was reported that Gündoğdu used the expressions "I am on the verge of finishing your refereeing or not", "I am giving you the last chance", "Don't talk about MHK anywhere again" and "You will be dismissed as a referee".

It was stated that the words "I follow every step" and "The state is following" were also included in the recording.

Gündoğdu, on the other hand, did not make a substantial statement regarding the content of the recording, arguing that it might have been obtained illegally.

40 MILLION 140 THOUSAND TL TRANSFER ASKED

Gündoğdu was also asked about the total of 40 million 140 thousand TL sent to Fidanlar İnşaat between June 2, 2025 and May 26, 2026.

Gündoğdu said that he bought two 2+1 houses for his daughters from the Ankara İncek Manzara Evleri project, and that he made the payments with the money obtained from the sale of the summer house inherited from his wife and his own savings.

In MASAK data, it was stated that between 2007 and 2026, there were 294 million 116 thousand 419 TL movements in 5 thousand 773 money outflow transactions and 258 million 289 thousand 170 TL movements in 3 thousand 620 money inflow transactions. Gündoğdu argued that the transactions resulted from salaries, retirement bonuses, OYAK, TFF payments and purchases and sales of vehicles, houses and land.

CLAIM OF MANUAL INTERVENTION TO VETAS

In the witness statements, it was claimed that referee changes could be made through manual interventions in the VETAS system used in referee appointments and that some referees were left "out of phase".

Gündoğdu rejected the allegations that referees were arbitrarily excluded from the stage, stating that VETAS was not mandatory in terms of legislation and that the system was developed in their own time.

EXAM QUESTIONS CLAIM

In witness statements, it was also claimed that the exam questions were delivered to some referees in advance, the exam papers were intervened and different scores were entered into the system. Gündoğdu said that he did not personally witness these events and that the exam processes were carried out by the education unit.

It was claimed that in some WhatsApp correspondence in the file, messages were sent to the referees who would take the exam, saying "study these questions", "all of them will be free kicks" and "there will be 3 cards". Gündoğdu stated that he had no information about the correspondence.

“COLLECTIVE DECISION” DEFENSE

At the end of his police statement, Gündoğdu claimed that the complainant and the witnesses targeted him jointly. Arguing that the decisions taken during his two terms at MHK were collective decisions of the board and TFF management, Gündoğdu stated that he did not target any referee due to personal hostility.