4 more people were arrested in the fund investigation, the total number of detainees increased to 65

4 more people were arrested during the investigation into transactions in the capital markets.

4 of the 12 people detained and referred to the courthouse in the 4th wave of the fund investigation were arrested.

Thus, the total number of detainees in the investigation increased to 65.

Özata Shipping official Altuğ Kantarcı, Destek Yatırım Bankası General Manager Özgür Akayoğlu, Destek Faktoring official Kerim Tosun, İskender Balcı, Ali Çil, İsmet Öğüt and Adem Karatepe and Mesut Altan were referred to the Criminal Court of Peace on duty with a request for arrest.

Suspects Tuğba Hicran Ataseven, Duygu Somay, Destek Faktoring official Nuray Elmastaş and Azize Binnur Tosun were sent to the Criminal Judgeship of Peace on duty with a request for house arrest, while Tolga Tuğtekin was referred to the Criminal Court of Peace on duty with a request for judicial control.

The owners of the companies, Altunç Kumova and Özdemir Ataseven, were arrested in the previous days.

Tera Portföy Chairman of the Board of Directors Erdin Özel and Tera Yatırım CEO Emir Münir Sarpyener were first banned from traveling abroad, and then a detention and arrest warrant was issued.

WHAT HAPPENED IN THE INVESTIGATION SO FAR?

In the memorandum sent by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office to MASAK on September 17, it was requested to provide financial data regarding the managers of Pusula Finans Holding AŞ, Tera Yatırım Menkul Değerler AŞ, Hedef Holding AŞ and Bulls Yatırım Menkul Değerler AŞ and their subsidiaries.

In the memorandum, it was requested that the clear identity information of all managers of the companies be determined, and that their money and crypto asset transfers abroad from 2024 until today, as well as all their money inflows and outflows, be sent to the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office as raw data.

WHO IS ARRESTED?

In the investigation carried out by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, Terrorism Financing and Laundering Crimes Investigation Bureau, Tera Yatırım Holding Chairman of the Board Emre Tezmen, Tera Yatırım Holding Board Member Emre Alkin, Tera Yatırım Independent Board Member Kerem Alkin, Tera Portföy General Manager Alper Öztürk, Pusula Holding Chairman Serdar Turhan, Pusula Portföy Yönetimi AŞ Chairman Muhammed Yarız, Namık Kemal Gökalp, Altunç Kumova and İbrahim Bekçi were arrested.

Enver Çevik and Kemal Akkaya, who were detained, were released after their statements at the prosecutor's office.

Doğa Sigorta Board Chairman Nihat Kırmızı, Tera Yatırım Board Members Bülent Uygun and Abdulkadir Özkan, who were detained within the scope of the investigation, were also referred to the courthouse and arrested.

It was decided to arrest the suspects 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, and to impose judicial control measures on 3 suspects.

It was decided to arrest 19 suspects who were detained within the scope of the investigation and referred to the Istanbul Courthouse in Çağlayan, and to release 2 suspects on condition of judicial control.

During the ongoing investigation, 8 more suspects were detained and 6 of them were ordered to be arrested.