14.08.2026 22:20
In the scope of the investigation by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office targeting the structure known publicly as "Süleymancılar," 13 pistols and ammunition were seized during a search at the address of Hilmi Tuna Kuriş, the brother of the structure's leader Alihan Kuriş, in an operation carried out across 17 provinces.
Within the scope of the investigation conducted by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office against the structure publicly known as "Süleymancılar," an operation was carried out targeting numerous addresses and companies considered to be linked to the structure.
As part of the operation covering 17 provinces, legal proceedings were initiated against suspects, including Alihan Kuriş.
AMMUNITION CACHE FOUND AT KURİŞ'S BROTHER'S HOUSE
Within the scope of the investigation, a search was also conducted at the address of Alihan Kuriş's brother, Hilmi Tuna Kuriş. During the search, 13 pistols with different brands and serial numbers were seized.
MAGAZINES AND BULLETS ALSO SEIZED
Additionally, during the search, one empty magazine and one magazine containing 8 bullets were seized.
The seized weapons are as follows:
- 1 CZ Shadow brand pistol
- 1 CZ TS 2 brand pistol
- 1 Magnum Research brand pistol
- 1 Glock AGPP695 brand pistol
- 1 CESKA brand pistol
- 1 pistol with serial number A211301
- 1 pistol with serial number R81171
- 1 Wilson Combat brand pistol and 1 empty magazine
- 1 pistol with serial number BY916224 and a magazine containing 8 bullets
- 1 Glock BBU 7400 brand pistol
- 1 Canik brand pistol
- 1 Sig Sauer brand pistol
- 1 Glock TC1080 brand pistol
WHAT HAPPENED?
According to the statement made by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, within the scope of the investigation conducted on charges of "establishing and managing a criminal organization," "being a member of a criminal organization," "laundering of assets derived from crime," "fraud to the detriment of public institutions and organizations," and "violation of the tax procedure law," a MASAK report was prepared regarding the suspects and companies belonging to the criminal organization.
In the MASAK report, it was determined that the financial transaction volumes of many of the organization's companies increased significantly after 2020, that the companies carried out division and transfer procedures, that new companies were established with quite high capital in company divisions, and that the newly established companies were located in different provinces from the companies that carried out the division and had different fields of activity than the divided company.
In the report, it was stated that some companies had no resources other than capital, no active trade was conducted, but that the subsidiaries item was financed with this capital, and that the criminal organization aimed to prevent access to company records and make it difficult to track financial transactions through this method.
In the report, which included information that transfer purchases were detected in most of the companies through various payment institutions, it was stated that there was high cash circulation in the companies, that high amounts of cash inflows whose sources were in need of explanation were made to the companies by their partners, and that these cash inflows were used as a source in the capital increases of the companies by the company partners.
The report also stated that high amounts deposited into company accounts were transferred to the analyzed companies in a striking manner, and that high amounts of money were transferred from transfers coming from payment institutions and cash deposits to various companies.
"FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSFER INCONSISTENT WITH RECORDS"
In the report, where it was observed that high-amount transactions were made with other legal entities in the companies' goods purchase-sale records, it was noted that the presence of high-amount goods purchase-sale transactions with various legal entities was striking in terms of fake invoicing, that there were foreign currency transfer inflows from various companies located abroad inconsistent with the records in the company accounts, that some of the companies received high tax refunds, and that it was possible that the financial transactions were carried out as a result of organized work.
In this context, a simultaneous operation was carried out in 17 provinces, primarily Istanbul, Ankara, and Antalya, against the criminal organization for profit led by Alihan Kuriş.
Within the scope of the operation, it was decided to detain 49 suspects, some of whom were determined to be abroad, and to conduct search and seizure operations at 43 addresses belonging to the suspects and 80 addresses belonging to 33 companies.
It was reported that 33 suspects, including Kuriş, were detained, that 9 of the suspects were determined to be abroad, and that efforts to capture 7 of them were ongoing.