Habertürk and Show TV under Can Holding were seized. Istanbul Küçükçekmece Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office issued a detention warrant for 10 people, including holding owners Mehmet Şakir Can, Kemal Can and Kenan Tekdağ.
The assets of 121 companies within the holding were seized and the Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (SDIF) was appointed as a trustee. The SDIF statement said that the rights of employees and third parties would be protected and the companies would be managed with a “prudent merchant” approach.
The prosecutor’s office stated that “establishing a criminal organization, fraud, tax evasion and money laundering” crimes were committed through Can Holding, that MASAK reports identified money inflows of unknown origin and that these revenues were used in strategic sectors such as media, education, energy and finance.
Habertürk Gazetecilik, Ciner Medya TV Services, Show TV, Bloomberg HT, Doğa Okulları İşletmeciliği and HT Spor Televizyon Yayıncılık are among the companies to which trustees were appointed.
2025-09-11
Sputnik Turkey