Lawyers of undetained defendants Mert Hakan Yandaş and Ersen Dikmen attended the hearing at the Istanbul 3rd Criminal Court of First Instance.
Yandaş's lawyer, Serkan Sarıyaprak, stated that there was no issue to be investigated in the case, that it was established that the crime was not committed by his client, and that they did not request a further investigation.
Lawyer Mert Öcel also stated that the money transfers made between the defendants and not transferred to Bilyoner were not mentioned in the indictment. Stating that Yandaş's mobile phone was examined and it was seen that he did not log in to Nesine and Bilyoner websites, Öcel requested that this evidence in favor of his client be evaluated.
The public prosecutor, whose opinion was asked at the hearing, requested that the file be sent so that he could prepare his opinion.
Announcing its interim decision, the court decided to send the file to the prosecutor's office for the preparation of its opinion. The hearing was postponed to correct the missing issues.
From the indictment
In the indictment prepared by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, it is stated that, as a result of the investigation carried out within the scope of betting-fixing allegations in football, the suspect Yandaş, who was a professional football player at the time of the crime, was identified as a member of the electronic-based betting sites "Misli" and "Nesine", and investigations were initiated against the suspect.
In the indictment, it is stated that Yandaş has been registered as a member of the legal betting site named "Bilyoner" since March 13, 2017, that the suspect had coupon information with approximately 932 different ID numbers between 2017 and 2019, but the contents of this period could not be determined because the bets were from previous years, and that it was determined that he made betting coupons through the suspect Ersen Dikmen since 2019.
According to the MASAK report prepared on Yandaş, it is stated in the indictment that he transferred a total of 4 million 453 thousand 62 liras to Dikmen between 4 December 2021 and 26 October 2025, that Dikmen sent the entire amount in question to the betting platform named "Bilyoner Interactive Services AŞ" in a short time, and that it was also understood that Dikmen sent a total of 2 million 60 thousand 974 liras to the suspect Yandaş. It is stated that Dikmen sent all the money transfers from Yandaş to "Bilyoner Interactive Services Inc" in a short time, and it was also determined that he systematically transferred money to other gaming platforms.
In the indictment, according to the data obtained from "Bilyoner Interactive Services Inc", it was determined that a total of 4 million 480 thousand 382 liras were deposited into the account opened in the name of Dikmen with 517 transactions between 2021-2025, and 612 thousand liras were withdrawn with 10 transactions, that there were 11 thousand 455 different coupon numbers in the same year, and that there were betting transactions in the fields of football, basketball, volleyball, tennis, ice hockey and motor sports. It is recorded that.
It is stated in the indictment that Yandaş was on the team roster as a professional contracted football player in the Fenerbahçe Club men's football team in the betting competitions subject to the investigation, and that his playing status in the competition was in the status of "He can play at the discretion of the technical staff". It is stated that Yandaş stated in his defense that he did not accept the crime charged against him, but during the investigation, it was determined that bets were placed for or against the sports club where the suspect was working through Ersen Dikmen.
In the indictment, "It has been understood that the suspects committed the crime charged by aiming to damage the only authorized company that organizes sports betting on sports events in Türkiye and distributes the resulting income." The following determination is made.
For these reasons, a prison sentence of 4 to 13 years is requested for Yandaş and Dikmen for "qualified fraud" and "match-fixing and incentive bonus" crimes.
Meanwhile, Yandaş and Dikmen, who were arrested within the scope of the investigation, were released at the hearing on April 3.
