Within the scope of the investigation carried out by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office against the Sarıgül Family on the allegation of 'money laundering', a detention order was issued for 17 suspects on the grounds of 'membership in an organization', 'money laundering' and 'bribery'. With the operation carried out yesterday, Ahmet Tunç Akan, Sibel Aslanbaş, Arda Ali Can, Rıza Selim Demir, Hülya Turan, Meltem Ülgez, Elif Gülhan Eskicioğlu, Gamze Kılınç Büyük, Alper Gündüz, Ramazan Elmas, Burak Çelebi, Mustafa Körpe, Yılmaz Güney, Remzi onuk, Emin Eres were caught and detained. Ç.K. Efforts to capture and H.M. continue.
SARIGÜL CALLED BY PHONE
M.B., one of the high school students who was detained in the investigation against the Sarıgül Family and released with a judicial control decision on October 31, 2026, and who attended the youth camps organized by Şişli Municipality at that time, testified again to the prosecutor's office. In his second statement to the prosecutor's office, M.B. said, "After being detained, I was released on condition of judicial control. After my release, Mustafa Sarıgül tried to contact me. He called me and my sister countless times. One of the phone numbers he called was his own number, the other phone number ended with '62 62'. I had to answer the phone because I was afraid of Mustafa Sarıgül. During our conversation, he cried and said, 'What situation did we find ourselves in, why did we become like this?'" spoke.
CLAIM 'HE GAVE 149 THOUSAND TL'
M.B., who later claimed that Mustafa Sarıgül's intermediaries, Remzi onuk, Yılmaz Güney and Emin Eres, reached him and continued his statement as follows: "They said that Mustafa Sarıgül was in a bad situation and that they called with his information. Later, I went to Mustafa Sarıgül's residence in Etiler, Platin residences. I was invited to this residence for dinner by Mustafa Sarıgül. Later, Emin was invited to my place." "The money was sent by Eres. When I opened the bag delivered by Emin Eres, I was given around 149 thousand TL. I regret contacting and talking to Mustafa Sarıgül after I was taken into custody, and I feel bad for taking money from this person. Finally, I would like to point out that my sister G.B. did not come to Mustafa Sarıgül's residence."
STATEMENT FROM ÖMER SARIGÜL ABOUT GERMANY
The prosecution statement of Mustafa Sarıgül's son Ömer Sarıgül, who was arrested and sent to prison on October 19, 2026, was also revealed. Stating that he met Sinan Çampınar, who was among the complainants of the investigation, through his father Mustafa Sarıgül in 2024, Ömer Sarıgül said in his statement: "While meeting Sinan, my father told me that there were investors that Sinan Çampınar knew, that they wanted to invest in Turkey, and that Sinan acted as an intermediary in bringing this money. Afterwards, I had almost no relationship with Sinan Çampınar. It was already a situation where we could meet since he lived in Germany." However, 1-2 months after I met Sinan, he came to Turkey with his brother Diyar Çampınar. He called me and asked me to meet his brother Diyar. We met with Diyar at the cafe I owned in Kabataş. During the conversation, Diyar said that he liked the concept of the cafe and that we could open a similar cafe in Munich.
I WENT TO MUNICH
Afterwards, Diyar returned to Germany and started to send me the places he found for the cafe. After a while, I went to Munich to visit Diyar. After looking at a few places here, we started the process to establish a company with Diyar. We went to the notary together and signed the preliminary company agreement. However, we could not complete the registration procedures and did not pay the capital. These procedures were left unfinished because I returned to Turkey. In the following period, when I saw that things were going wrong regarding the investment to be made in Turkey and the money to be brought, which Sinan had planned with my father, I gave up on establishing a company and cut off my relationship with both Diyar and Sinan.”
'I DID NOT DISCUSS TRADE WITH MY FATHER'
Stating that he has not spoken to his brother Emir Sarıgül for 7-8 years, Ömer Sarıgül said, "There is no commercial relationship between us. Likewise, there is no commercial relationship with my father, Mustafa Sarıgül. I have no information about the 80 million Euro contract, the 100 million Euro transfer and the transfer of a boat. My mother has nothing to do with the issues either. I do not know anything about the money my father took abroad piece by piece. My father Mustafa Sarıgül "I learned at the police station that he was negotiating with me to buy a villa. I haven't met Emir Sarıgül for a long time. I have never had a business conversation with my father, and my father never tells me anything about his commercial activities."
I DON'T KNOW EMİR'S BUSINESS
Stating that he had not heard good things about Emir Sarıgül, Ömer Sarıgül said, "I have heard that he lied a lot in his commercial relations and social life, and that he was surrounded by people without strings attached. However, I do not even know what he does. I do not know how my father acquired his current wealth because I am not in a position to know this due to his age. However, I have not heard of any illegitimate business of his. I have no information about money laundering."
