Money laundering investigation. Arrest request for 15 people

In the statement made by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, German citizen K.P. It was stated that an investigation was launched upon the allegation that M.B. and M.B. carried out transactions aimed at laundering large amounts of money of unknown origin through companies established at home and abroad.

It was stated that the complainants claimed that "a contract worth 80 million euros was drawn up", "a transfer transaction worth 100 million euros was carried out", "a fund of 1 billion euros was promised to be taken abroad through loans using public power and influence" and "a boat sale worth 1.5 million euros was made".

In addition, the statement emphasized that the complainants conveyed information and documents regarding the issue to Murat Ağırel and that they were threatened after the information and documents in question were transferred to the relevant people, and the following was noted:

"As a result of joint evaluation of the statements of the complainants, the audio and video recordings they submitted, and the evidence obtained within the scope of the investigation, a detention order was issued for Emir Sarıgül, Ömer Sarıgül, Aylin Kotil, Volkan Aslanbaş, Cavidan Tanrah Artuner and Murat Ağırel. The allegations against the 28th Term Deputy of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Mustafa Sarıgül, will be sent to the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office for separate evaluation. Investigation procedures are continuing."

In this context, Ömer Sarıgül, Kotil, Aslanbaş, Artuner and Ağırel were detained by the Istanbul Police Department teams.

As the investigation continued, Caner Baş, Cihan Durak, Zekai Erdem, Cihat Salman, Selim Daşdemir, Özgür Bölükbaşı, Bayram Özata, Cemil Vasken Barın, Zekeriya Yasemin, Mehmet Ali Aslan, Sadullah Ergün and Uğur Kurtulan were also caught.