75 suspects caught in operations against cyber crimes in 35 provinces were arrested

According to the statement made by the Ministry, operations were carried out against the crimes of "qualified fraud, illegal betting, online child obscenity and harassment" by the cybercrime combat branch directorates of the provincial police directorates, under the coordination of the General Directorate of Security's Cyber ​​Crimes Department, the Financial Crimes Investigation Board (MASAK) and the chief public prosecutor's offices.

Adana, Adıyaman, Antalya, Artvin, Aydin, Bolu, Bursa, Çanakkale, Çorum, Denizli, Diyarbakır, Düzce, Edirne, Elazığ, Erzurum, Gaziantep, Hakkari, Isparta, İstanbul, İzmir, Karabük, Kırklareli, Kilis, Kocaeli, Kütahya, Muş, Niğde, Ordu, Rize, Sakarya, Samsun, 275 suspects were caught in operations carried out in Sinop, Şırnak, Yalova and Zonguldak.

While 75 of the suspects were arrested, judicial control provisions were applied to 46 of them. Proceedings against other suspects are ongoing.

It was determined that the suspects defrauded citizens with the theme of "house sales price" through social media platforms, mediated money transfer on illegal betting sites, made illegal betting and gambling, and advertised these sites. The suspects were also found to have unauthorized access to citizens' mobile banking and game accounts and to have obscene images of children.

In the statement, it was stated that a total of 5 thousand 62 operations were carried out within the scope of the fight against cyber crimes between January 1 and October 22, 2026, 21 thousand 378 suspects were caught in these operations, 10 thousand 769 of the suspects were arrested, and judicial control provisions were applied to 5 thousand 260 of them. It was noted that in the same period, 45 thousand 493 URL addresses were blocked, access to 89 thousand 511 social media accounts was restricted and 76 thousand 887 illegal betting sites were blocked.