There has been a new development in the money laundering investigation against the Sarıgül family.
After Mustafa Sarıgül's elder son Emir Sarıgül, his younger son Ömer Sarıgül also applied to the prosecutor's office to benefit from the effective remorse provisions. The statement given by Ömer Sarıgül, who was expected to testify on Monday, at the police station before his arrest was revealed.
Sarıgül made remarkable statements about money transfers, company ventures abroad and the financial relations of his family, which came to the fore within the scope of the investigation.
“MY FATHER SAID THEY WERE INVESTORS”
Ömer Sarıgül, who stated in his statement that he was a tourism professional and his monthly income was 500 thousand liras, said that he did not know the people named Kai Precat and March Bariswly, and that he knew Sinan Çampınar through his father.
Explaining that he met Çampınar in 2024, Sarıgül said, "As far as I remember, I met Sinan Çampınar in 2024 through my father, Mustafa Sarıgül. While meeting Sinan, my father told me that there were investors that Sinan Çampınar knew, they wanted to invest in Türkiye, and Sinan acted as an intermediary in bringing this money."
“HE SAID WE CAN OPEN A CAFE IN MUNICH”
Ömer Sarıgül stated that he met Sinan Çampınar's brother Diyar Çampınar at the cafe named LuLu in Kabataş, and said that the idea of opening a similar business in Munich came to the agenda during this meeting.
Sarıgül explained the process as follows:
"We met with Diyar here. During the conversation, Diyar said that he liked the concept of the cafe very much and that we could open a similar cafe in Munich. I said it could be the case. Afterwards, Diyar returned to Germany and started to send me the places he found for the cafe. After a while, I went to Munich with Diyar."
Stating that they started the process to establish a company together, Sarıgül said that they signed a notary preliminary agreement, but they could not complete the establishment. Sarıgül said, "We could not complete the registration procedures and did not pay the capital. These transactions were left unfinished because I returned to Türkiye."
“I RECEIVED AN E-MAIL THAT A COMPANY HAS BEEN OPENED IN MY NAMES AND MY MOTHER”
Ömer Sarıgül, who said that he gave up establishing a company after seeing that there were problems with the investments planned to be made in Turkey, explained that after a while, he and his mother Aylin Kotil were sent an e-mail stating that the company was established in their names.
Sarıgül said, "The content of the e-mail stated that a bank account had been opened in the name of the company. Thereupon, through my lawyers, I reached out to lawyer Osman İsfen in Germany and asked him to determine whether a bank account and company had been opened in my name."
Stating that he received a response from the lawyer in Germany that no company or bank account was opened in his name, Sarıgül said that he cut off his communication with Sinan Çampınar and later a discharge and settlement agreement was signed between them. "I was not involved in the subsequent processes in any way. I don't know what they experienced between them and my father," he said.
“I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE 80 MILLION EURO CONTRACT”
Stating that he had not met his brother Emir Sarıgül for 7-8 years, Ömer Sarıgül argued that there was no commercial relationship between them. Stating that he had no information about the 80 million euro contract, 100 million euro transfer and boat transfer that came to the agenda within the scope of the investigation, Sarıgül said, "I have no information about the 80 million euro contract, 100 million euro transfer and the transfer of a boat. My mother has nothing to do with the issues either."
Claiming that he did not have any information about the money his father took abroad, Sarıgül said, "I do not know anything about the money my father took abroad piece by piece. I learned yesterday at the Police Station that my father, Mustafa Sarıgül, was negotiating to buy a villa."
“VOLKAN ASLANBAŞ WOULD CARE ABOUT MY FATHER'S FINANCIAL AFFAIRS”
Ömer Sarıgül, who said that Volkan Aslanbaş was handling his father's financial affairs, claimed that there were some money transfers between them, but they were not of high amounts. He stated that the payments in question were related to the meal expenses and loan payments of the guests he hosted in his lodge at the Galatasaray club.
Sarıgül said, "This money was sent to me by Volkan Aslanbaş because I asked for support from my father on these issues."
"I HAVEN'T HEARD GOOD THINGS ABOUT EMİR SARIGÜL"
Stating that he heard negative things about his brother Emir Sarıgül from those around him, Ömer Sarıgül said, "I have not heard good things about Emir Sarıgül. It is the information I have heard that he lies a lot in his commercial relations and social life and that he is surrounded by unruly people."
Stating that he did not know the source of his father's wealth, Sarıgül completed his statement with the following words:
"I do not know how my father acquired his current wealth because I am not in a position to know this due to my age. However, I have not heard of his illegitimate business. I have no information about money laundering."
Ömer Sarıgül is expected to give a statement to the prosecutor's office on Monday within the scope of his effective repentance application.
