03.12.2025 18:50
In the stock market manipulation investigation, a house arrest decision was made for former football player Gökhan Gönül, who was taken into custody.
In the investigation conducted by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, after the determination that artificial price movements were created through speculation on certain stocks with reports from the Capital Markets Board (CMB), the procedures of 12 suspects who were detained were completed at the police station.
HOUSE ARREST DECISION WAS MADE
After health checks, the suspects were transferred to the Istanbul Courthouse in Çağlayan. The prosecutor announced its decision after the suspects' statements were taken. Former national football player Gökhan Gönül was released under house arrest and judicial control conditions.
STATEMENT FROM THE CHIEF PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE
In a statement from the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, it was noted that there were fluctuations in trading volume and stock prices of capital market instruments traded on the Borsa Istanbul stock market, which were contrary to the ordinary course of life, and that artificial increases had harmed small investors.
The statement mentioned that in Antalya, Samsun, Ankara, and Kahramanmaraş, centered in Istanbul, 25 individuals were identified as having engaged in manipulative actions regarding the shares of Avrupa Yatırım Holding AŞ, and that an investigation had been initiated against these individuals for "establishing an organization to commit a crime" and "market fraud."
Within the scope of the investigation, it was stated that suspects Onur Yılmaz, Mehmet Yılmaz, Emre Kızılırmak, Erol Demir, Osman Özsoy, Suat Hamarat, and Sebahattin Azizağaoğlu were held in prison, while former football player Gökhan Gönül, Aref Ghafouri, Bedri Erdoğan, Cemal Çetinkaya, Furkan Koçak, Alper Atalay, İlker İlhan, Muhammet Erdoğan, Murat Ağcabağ, Murat Güler, Emrullah Şalk, and Akif Koç were reported to have been detained.