02.12.2025 14:21
The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, which detected artificial price movements in some stocks through SPK reports, has detained 12 individuals in an investigation related to the crimes of "establishing a criminal organization" and "market fraud." It has been learned that former national football player Gökhan Gönül was caught at the airport after the Fenerbahçe-Galatasaray derby.
As part of the investigation conducted by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, it was determined that artificial price increases were created through speculative transactions in certain stocks. Reports prepared by the Capital Markets Board (CMB) revealed that these manipulative transactions caused serious harm to small investors.
The prosecutor's office issued a detention order, evaluating that the suspects committed the crimes of "establishing an organization for the purpose of committing a crime" and "information-based market fraud."
SIMULTANEOUS OPERATIONS IN 5 PROVINCES
Following the detention order, teams from the Financial Crimes Investigation Branch of the Istanbul Provincial Police Department carried out operations at identified addresses in Ankara, Antalya, Samsun, and Kahramanmaraş, centered in Istanbul. In the operation, 12 suspects were captured and detained.
"ARTIFICIAL INCREASES HAVE VICTIMIZED SMALL INVESTORS"
In a statement from the prosecutor's office, it was noted that certain stocks traded on Borsa Istanbul exhibited unusual fluctuations in trading volume and price, and that artificial increases were particularly concentrated in the shares of Avrupa Yatırım Holding AŞ. It was reported that an investigation had been initiated against 25 individuals in this context.
GÖKHAN GÖNÜL ALSO DETAINED
The statement provided information that suspects Onur Yılmaz, Mehmet Yılmaz, Emre Kızılırmak, Erol Demir, Osman Özsoy, Suat Hamarat, and Sebahattin Azizağaoğlu are currently held in prison.
It was announced that former football player Gökhan Gönül, along with Aref Ghafouri, Bedri Erdoğan, Cemal Çetinkaya, Furkan Koçak, Alper Atalay, İlker İlhan, Muhammet Erdoğan, Murat Ağcabağ, Murat Güler, Emrullah Şalk, and Akif Koç were detained in the same investigation.
CAUGHT AT THE AIRPORT AFTER THE DERBY
It was stated that Gökhan Gönül, one of the former football players invited by the Fenerbahçe management for the Galatasaray derby, followed the match from the stands and was detained at the airport after the game.
6 SUSPECTS ON THE RUN
It was expressed that there are arrest warrants for 6 suspects in the investigation, and search and seizure operations are ongoing.