12 Suspects were Sent to the Courthouse in the Capital Markets Investigation

Investigations into the transactions carried out in the capital market are continuing by the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, Terrorism Financing and Laundering Crimes Investigation Bureau.

The procedures at the police station for 12 suspects detained within the scope of the investigation have been completed.

Suspects Altuğ Kantarcı, Özgür Akayoğlu, Kerim Tosun, Nuray Elmastaş, Azize Binnur Tosun, Ali Çil, Tuğba Hicran Ataseven, Duygu Somay, İskender Balcı, İsmet Öğüt, Tolga Tuğtekin and Adem Karatepe were brought to the Istanbul Courthouse in Çağlayan after the health check.

It was learned that the 20 suspects who were taken into custody are still being processed at the police station.

INVESTIGATION

In the memorandum sent by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office to MASAK on September 17, it was requested to provide financial data regarding the managers of Pusula Finans Holding AŞ, Tera Yatırım Menkul Değerler AŞ, Hedef Holding AŞ and Bulls Yatırım Menkul Değerler AŞ and their subsidiaries.

In the memorandum, it was requested that the clear identity information of all managers of the companies be determined, and that their money and crypto asset transfers abroad from 2024 until today, as well as all their money inflows and outflows, be sent to the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office as raw data.

In the investigation carried out by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, Terrorism Financing and Laundering Crimes Investigation Bureau, Tera Yatırım Holding Chairman of the Board Emre Tezmen, Tera Yatırım Holding Board Member Emre Alkin, Tera Yatırım Independent Board Member Kerem Alkin, Tera Portföy General Manager Alper Öztürk, Pusula Holding Chairman Serdar Turhan, Pusula Portföy Yönetimi AŞ Chairman Muhammed Yarız, Namık Kemal Gökalp, Altunç Kumova and İbrahim Bekçi were arrested.

Enver Çevik and Kemal Akkaya, who were detained, were released after their statements at the prosecutor's office.

Doğa Sigorta Board Chairman Nihat Kırmızı, Tera Yatırım Board Members Bülent Uygun and Abdulkadir Özkan, who were detained within the scope of the investigation, were also referred to the courthouse and arrested.

As the investigation continued, it was decided to arrest 49 more suspects, including Tera Investment Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Emir Münir Sarpyener and Tera Portfolio Chairman Erdin Özel.

Thus, the number of people arrested in the investigation reached 61.