Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office arrested 51 suspects in the terrorist financing and laundering investigation related to capital market transactions.

Investigations regarding the transactions carried out in the capital market are continuing by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, Terrorism Financing and Laundering Crimes Investigation Bureau.

Within the scope of the investigation, it was reported that the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office wrote to the relevant institutions, requesting the freezing of capital market instruments in the accounts of individuals and institutions.

In the article, it was stated that new evaluations and notifications were made by the Capital Markets Board (CMB) and relevant boards regarding the companies and funds for which measures were taken against asset and money movements by the relevant institutions.

Accordingly, it was noted that it was decided to lift the measures in question and the decision to freeze assets.

During the investigation, it was learned that there were 45 companies and 19 funds whose precautionary measures were lifted, and that the precautions against real persons continued.

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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.

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 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 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.

19 suspects, who were detained within the scope of the investigation and referred to the Istanbul Courthouse in Çağlayan, were arrested, and 2 suspects were released 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, Tera Portföy Chairman Erdin Özel, for whom an arrest warrant was issued, was also detained.