Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office requested asset measures for 106 individuals and organizations in the capital markets investigation.

Within the scope of the capital market investigation carried out by the Terrorism Financing and Laundering Crimes Investigation Bureau of the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, asset measures were requested against a total of 106 individuals and organizations, including 46 legal entities, 18 funds and 42 real persons.

In the request letter, it was requested to freeze the capital market instruments of the relevant persons and to prevent high amount money transfers and transactions that reduce their assets. In the article, it was stated that there were price increases of up to 100 times in some stocks and that these movements were considered abnormal. It was noted that most of the relevant shares were collected through funds, and that the purchases made within the scope of fund transactions caused an increase in share prices and this increase caused the values ​​of the relevant funds to increase. It was stated that the share purchases made by the fund owners created demand, and then these shares were sold to the funds, and as a result of these transactions, both share and fund values ​​increased.

IT WAS REQUESTED TO IDENTIFY PROPERTY AND VEHICLES REGISTERED IN THE NAMES OF PERSONS AND THEIR RELATIVES.

The prosecutor's office requested that measures be taken against transactions that reduce the assets of the people on the list, as well as their spouses, children and designated family relatives. In addition, the General Directorate of Land Registry and Cadastre, the General Directorate of Maritime Affairs and the General Directorate of Civil Aviation were asked to identify real estate, ships and aircraft registered in the names of the people on the list and their spouses.

MINISTER GURLEK EXPLAINED

In his last post regarding the investigation, Minister of Justice Akın Gürlek announced that money outflows from the funds between July 1 and September 16 were examined starting from the highest amount, the assets of 46 legal entities, 18 funds and 42 real persons were frozen, and a judicial control measure in the form of a travel ban was imposed on 37 suspects.

“WE WILL FOLLOW THE MONEY TILL THE END”

Gürlek pointed out that they aim to prevent the asset values subject to investigation from being smuggled, changed hands or transferred to third parties, to secure the values determined to have been obtained from crime and to ensure that the victim citizens regain their rights, and said, "We will follow the trace to the end, regardless of which account the money was transferred to, which company or person the assets were transferred to. We will never allow the savings accumulated by our well-intentioned citizens with years of effort to be exploited by some individuals and structures." He stated: