New development in the case where Mert Hakan Yandaş is on trial

Yandaş's lawyers argued that the accusations against their client were not concrete. The lawyers stated that there was no evidence of access to legal betting applications in the examination of their client's mobile phone and asked for this situation to be evaluated in favor of their 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.

Fenerbahçe player Mert Hakan Yandaş was arrested on December 9 last year within the scope of the betting investigation carried out by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office.

Yandaş was released five months later.

Mert Hakan Yandaş, who said that he was subjected to a reputational assassination at the hearing of his release, said: "I want to be reunited with my family as soon as possible, and I want to return to the team and contribute as soon as possible." he said.