Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office requested the arrest of 20 suspects in the capital markets investigation

20 suspects, including Tera Holding Board members Abdulkadir Özkan and Bülent Uygun, and Doğa Sigorta's owner and Chairman Nihat Kırmızı, who were detained within the scope of the investigations carried out by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, Terrorism Financing and Laundering Crimes Investigation Bureau, regarding the transactions carried out in the capital markets, were sent to the courthouse.

ARREST REQUEST FOR 20 SUSPECTS

Tera Holding Board Member Abdulkadir Özkan and Bülent Uygun, whose statements were completed at the prosecutor's office, Doğa Sigorta owner and Chairman Nihat Kırmızı, Gözde Hacıoğlu, Furkan Baki, Murat Keçeci, Ramazan Erbey, İlhan Aygül, Salih Can Bülbül, Selçuk Kahya, Büşra Alçelik, Uğur Akkafa, Samet Çetinel, Celal Yarız, İsmail Ege, Mehmet Yıldırım, Lütfi Çetinel, Halil İbrahim Ege, Berkan Gülen and Mehmet Erbey were referred to the Criminal Court of Peace with a request for arrest.

WHAT HAPPENED?

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 since 2024, as well as all money inflows and outflows, be sent to the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office in 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.

Police teams had searched the office rooms of the suspects Emre Tezmen and Alper Öztürk.

Doğa Sigorta Chairman Nihat Kırmızı, Tera Yatırım Board members Bülent Uygun, Abdulkadir Özkan and Selim Dağbaşı and Hamza Kablan were also detained. 14 more people were caught within the scope of the investigation.