Historical mansions, kidnapped victims, suspicious deaths! Wanted leader of the organization captured

Istanbul Police Department Public Order Branch Directorate teams carried out an operation on October 27 at the address in Şişli where Ç.A. resides unregistered, within the scope of efforts to capture the wanted convicts. During the operation, the ringleader of the criminal organization Ç.A., who was released in 2013 and sentenced to life imprisonment and 10 years in prison in the case concluded in 2021. caught.

It was determined that the criminal organization, which emerged in Istanbul in the mid-2000s and was led by Ç.A., targeted elderly and lonely people who owned high-value real estate. It was determined that the members of the organization seized the real estate of the victims, who were put under pressure by threats, blackmail and kidnapping methods, with forged documents and forced signatures.

EVENTS INVOLVED BY THE ORGANIZATION

In incidents related to the organization, the adopted child of V.A.E., who put his historical mansion in Beykoz Kanlıca up for sale in 2007, was kidnapped and detained in Mersin. The victim was rescued with the operation.

V.A.E's grave, whose death was deemed suspicious, was opened and the autopsy revealed that he died due to neglect. It was revealed that V.A.E's safe deposit boxes in the bank, jewelery and vehicles were looted, and his historical mansion was sold to another person after being transferred to Ç.A. with a fake power of attorney.

In the same year, Ş.G. wanted to sell his two villas in Yeşilköy. and F.G. The brothers were also kidnapped by members of the organization. Ş.G was forced to sign a promissory note and the villas were seized. While Ş.G's body was found in Tekirdağ's Çorlu district, F.G. was left in front of Gebze State Hospital, seriously injured. He died on April 23, 2008.

MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION WERE CAUGHT IN THE OPERATION HELD IN 2008

In the operations carried out by the Public Order Branch Directorate teams on June 12, 2008, the leader of the organization Ç.A., his wife N.A., real estate agent F.G. and driver A.S. Suspects, including some land registry managers, were detained.