
The third hearing of the case in which Fenerbahçe football players Mert Hakan Yandaş and Ersen Dikmen were tried was held.
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A prison sentence of up to 17 years and 10 months is requested for Mert Hakan Yandaş and Ersen Dikmen for allegedly betting on football.
The third hearing of the pending defendants Fenerbahçe football player Mert Hakan Yandaş and Fenerbahçe Congress Member Ersen Dikmen, for whom a prison sentence of up to 17 years and 10 months was requested in the 'betting on football' case, was held at the Istanbul 3rd Criminal Court of First Instance. While Mert Hakan Yandaş and Ersen Dikmen did not attend the hearing, Yandaş's brother and lawyers were present in the courtroom.
Yandaş's lawyers argued that the accusations against their client were not concrete. Yandaş's lawyer stated that there was no evidence of access to legal betting applications in the examination of his client's mobile phone and asked for this situation to be evaluated in favor of his client. Ersen Dikmen's lawyers also requested acquittal.
The court decided to send the file to the hearing prosecutor to prepare his opinion. The hearing was postponed to January 27, 2027.
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