Aynur Aydın, Davut Kaymak, Ahmet Meriç and Altuğ Altunbaş Sürer were arrested among 11 people detained in the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office money laundering investigation. Metin Mevlüt Sarıgül, Mehmet Meriç, Ömer Hürriyet Büken, Ömer Yazıcı, Süreyya Kurtalan, Zeynep Sarısoy and Berrak Çetinkaya were released under judicial control. The prosecutor’s office launched the investigation following complaints by German citizens K.P. and M.B. The complainants alleged that money had been laundered through companies in Türkiye and abroad and that they were threatened after providing journalist Murat Ağırel with documents concerning the Sarıgül family. Emir and Ömer Sarıgül, Aylin Kotil, Murat Ağırel and Sofu Altınbaş had also previously been arrested in the investigation. Ağırel said he had been arrested over a report he did not publish. Journalist Timur Soykan said Ağırel had withheld the report because he found the documents insufficient. Mustafa Sarıgül described the allegations against him as information pollution and a perception operation.
2 November 2026
Diken