Within the scope of the capital market investigation carried out by the Terrorism Financing and Laundering Crimes Investigation Bureau of the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, asset measures were requested against a total of 106 individuals and organizations, including 46 legal entities, 18 funds and 42 real persons.
In the request letter, it was requested to freeze the capital market instruments of the relevant persons and to prevent high amount money transfers and transactions that reduce their assets. In the article, it was stated that there were price increases of up to 100 times in some stocks and that these movements were considered abnormal. It was noted that most of the relevant shares were collected through funds, and that the purchases made within the scope of fund transactions caused an increase in share prices and this increase caused the values of the relevant funds to increase. It was stated that the share purchases made by the fund owners created demand, and then these shares were sold to the funds, and as a result of these transactions, both share and fund values increased.
IT WAS REQUESTED TO IDENTIFY PROPERTY AND VEHICLES REGISTERED IN THE NAMES OF PERSONS AND THEIR RELATIVES.
The prosecutor's office requested that measures be taken against transactions that reduce the assets of the people on the list, as well as their spouses, children and designated family relatives. In addition, the General Directorate of Land Registry and Cadastre, the General Directorate of Maritime Affairs and the General Directorate of Civil Aviation were asked to identify real estate, ships and aircraft registered in the names of the people on the list and their spouses.
MEASURES APPLIED TO COMPANIES HAVE BEEN REMOVED
According to the latest statement made by the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, Terrorism Financing and Laundering Crimes Investigation Bureau, asset measures against companies and funds have been lifted.
In the statement, "In line with the new evaluations and notifications made by the Capital Markets Board (CMB) regarding the companies for which measures have been implemented regarding assets and money movements, it has been decided to remove the measures in question." It was said.
COMPANIES' ASSET MEASURES CONTINUE
A statement came from the sources of the Ministry of Justice after the injunction was lifted.
It was stated that the aim of the investigation was to prevent the disposal or transfer of asset values to third parties, to clarify money movements and to protect the rights of victims.
Accordingly, it was reminded that money outflows from the funds between July 1 and September 16, 2026 were examined, starting from the transactions with the highest amounts. It was reported that the investigations aimed to determine the connections of the movements in question with the actions subject to investigation and to determine which persons or accounts held the relevant asset values.
In the statement, it was stated that the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office decided to lift the measures and freezing decision regarding the assets and money movements of the relevant companies and funds, and that there was no provision regarding the lifting of the measures applied to real persons.
“WE WILL FOLLOW THE MONEY TILL THE END”
Minister of Justice Akın, who shared a post on his social media account regarding the fund investigation carried out within the scope of laundering of criminal assets and violation of the Capital Markets Law, stated that the money outflows from the funds between July 1 and September 16 were examined and the assets of 46 legal entities, 18 funds and 42 real persons were frozen.
Gürlek noted the following in his post:
"Judicial control measures in the form of a ban on traveling abroad have been imposed on 37 suspects, for whom no measures have been taken before. In this context, warrants have been written to all relevant institutions and organizations in order to prevent transfer, assignment, sale, donation, mortgage and pledge establishment, account closure, high amount cash withdrawal, EFT/transfer and other transactions that reduce assets, to freeze capital market instruments and to report suspicious transactions to the judicial authorities without delay."
A BILLION FLEET WAS SEIZED
Five luxury vehicles worth 200 million liras belonging to Pusula Portföy Chairman Muhammed Yarız and two private jets and luxury yachts worth 1.8 billion liras belonging to Pusula boss Serdar Turhan were confiscated.
It was determined that the confiscated private jets were Bombardier BD-700-1A11 with tail number TC-YRZ and Bombardier Learjet 60 type with tail number TC-TRA.
It was noted that the vehicles belonging to Yarız were McLaren, Bentley, Rolls-Royce, Maybach and Audi brands and their current market value was around 200 million liras.
According to the findings, it was revealed that these vehicles were transferred shortly before the operation with a sales price of 26 thousand 280 lira.
