The testimony at the prosecutor’s office of former Galatasaray Sportif AŞ Deputy Chairman Erden Timur, who was referred to the Istanbul Courthouse in the morning within the scope of the investigation carried out by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office into the “betting on football” allegation, has been completed.
The investigation carried out by the Sports Crimes Investigation Bureau against the suspect Erden Timur was transferred to the Terrorism Financing and Laundering Bureau according to the evidence when Timur’s statement taken at the police and prosecutor’s office and the entire file scope were evaluated together.
Timur was referred to the judgeship with a request for arrest on the charge of “laundering property values arising from crime”.
The judge decided to arrest Erden Timur.
18 suspects were arrested within the scope of the “Betting on Football” investigation
Within the scope of the investigation carried out by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office into the “betting on football” allegation, the statements of the suspects, including Turkish Football Federation (TFF) Foreign Relations and National Teams Administrative Director Buğra Cem İmamoğulları and Eyüpspor Vice President Fatih Kulaksız, were completed at the prosecutor’s office.
21 suspects, including Fatih Kulaksız, were arrested, and 3 suspects were referred to the criminal judgeship of peace with a request for judicial control.
Buğra Cem İmamoğulları was released after his statement at the prosecutor’s office.
By the judge, the suspects are Eyüpspor Vice President Fatih Kulaksız, Bahattin Berke Demircan, Dogukan Çınar, Eyüp Can Temiz, Furkan Demir, Gökhan Payal, İbrahim Yılmaz, Mustafa Çeçenoğlu, Ergün Nazlı, Hamit Bayraktar, Hüseyin Aybars Tüfekci, İlke Tankul, İsmail Karataş, Mert Aktaş, Tufan Kelleci, Ecem Alkaş, Mirza Şerifoğlu. and Esat Bilayak were arrested.
It was decided to apply judicial control provisions to the suspects Hakan Çakır, Serhat Ölmez, Umut Esel, Burcu Kurt, Burak Söyleyen and Emrah Günaydi.
It was learned that the 4 suspects who were detained within the scope of the investigation were released after their statements at the police station due to the lack of evidence.
Investigation
In the statement made by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on December 26, it was stated that evidence was detected as a result of data obtained from MASAK and legal betting sites, open source research, PFDK decisions, HTS analysis studies and examination of digital items seized from other suspects in the previous two operations.
As a result of this evidence, it was stated in the statement that 7 suspects, who were in contact with 1 detained suspect against whom action was taken in the previous two operations and who were considered to have suspicious financial transactions in connection with the criminal allegations under investigation, and 6 suspects who bet on the Kasımpaşa-Samsunspor football match on October 26, 2024, in a way that would affect the result of the provincial competition, were identified.
Detainees
In the operation carried out within the scope of the investigation, football players Bahattin Berke Demircan, Doğukan Çınar, Ergün Nazlı, Eyüp Can Temiz, Furkan Demir, Gökhan Payal, Hamit Bayraktar, Hüseyin Aybars Tüfekci, İbrahim Yılmaz, İlke Tankul, İsmail Karakaş, Mert Aktaş, Tufan Kelleci, former Galatasaray Sportif AŞ Deputy Chairman Erden Timur, Figen Özkaya, former police personnel Emrah. Good morning, restaurant manager Burak Söyleyen, Eyüpspor Vice President Fatih Kulaksız, Ecem Alkaş, Esat Bilayak, Mirza Şerifoğlu, Hakan Çakır, Serhat Ölmez, Umut Esel, TFF Foreign Relations and National Teams Executive Director Buğra Cem İmamoğulları and Burcu Kurt were detained.
Within the scope of the investigation, it was stated that 1 suspect was in prison for another crime and efforts were continuing to capture 2 suspects.
