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Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office requested MASAK to provide financial data regarding Pusula Finans Holding, Tera Investment, Hedef Holding and Bulls Investment within the scope of the investigation carried out by the Terrorism Financing and Laundering Crimes Investigation Bureau.
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.
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.
Thus, the number of people arrested in the investigation reached 51.
Along with Tera Portföy CEO Emir Münir Sarpyener, 11 more suspects, including Tera Portföy Chairman of the Board of Directors Erdin Özel, for whom an arrest warrant was issued, were captured.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
More suspects will be detained and arrested as part of the investigation.
Likely · Within weeks
New evidence will emerge as a result of the analysis of the financial data requested by MASAK.
Possible · Within months

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