Arrest warrant for 2 suspects within the scope of capital market investigation in Istanbul
Quick Look
- Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office Terrorism Financing and Laundering Crimes Investigation Bureau issued an arrest warrant for Tera Investment CEO Emir Münir Sarpyener and Tera Portfolio Chairman Erdin Özel within the scope of the investigation regarding transactions carried out in the capital market.
- With the previous arrests, the number of people arrested in the investigation reached 51.
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Why It Matters
Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office Terrorism Financing and Laundering Crimes Investigation Bureau conducts investigations regarding transactions carried out in the capital market. Within the scope of the investigation, 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 was requested.
An arrest warrant was issued for 2 suspects within the scope of investigations regarding transactions carried out in the capital market in Istanbul.
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.
An arrest warrant was issued for Tera Yatırım CEO Emir Münir Sarpyener and Tera Portföy Chairman Erdin Özel, who were banned from traveling abroad within the scope of the investigation.
INVESTIGATION
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 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.
*The visuals of the news were provided by ANKA.
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
More arrests and detentions will be made as part of the investigation.
Likely · Within weeks
Case proceedings will begin regarding the arrested suspects.
Very likely · Within months
Open Questions
- What exactly are the scope and objectives of the investigation?
- The whereabouts of the suspects for whom an arrest warrant has been issued are unknown.
- What is the amount and direction of money and crypto asset transfers?




