27.03.2026 19:00
In a drug investigation, actress Hande Erçel, who was detained at the airport as soon as she arrived in Turkey, was released after blood and hair samples were taken at the Forensic Medicine Institute.
Actress Hande Erçel provided blood and hair samples at the Forensic Medicine Institution as part of a drug investigation conducted in Istanbul. Erçel was later released.
HANDE ERÇEL, WHO GAVE BLOOD AND HAIR SAMPLES, RELEASED
As part of the investigation conducted by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, Erçel, who had an arrest warrant against her, was detained at the airport as soon as she returned to Turkey. After giving a statement at the prosecutor's office in the Istanbul Courthouse in Çağlayan, Erçel was referred to the Forensic Medicine Institution for the collection of hair and blood samples. Erçel was released after the samples were taken.
NEW WAVE OF DRUG OPERATIONS AGAINST CELEBRITIES
The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office announced on March 25 that an arrest warrant had been issued for 16 suspects for "possessing drugs for personal use or facilitating drug use," and that a simultaneous operation was carried out by the Istanbul Narcotic Crimes Investigation Department teams to capture the suspects.
In a statement from the prosecutor's office, it was reported that the names of those with arrest warrants were as follows:
"Fikret Orman, Güzide Aksoy (Güzide Duran), Hakan Sabancı, Kerim Sabancı, Hande Erçel, Burak Elmas, Sezgin Köysüren, Ferhat Aydın, Lütfiye Tuğçe Özbudak, Koray Serenli, Onur Bükçü, İsmail Behram Perinçekli, Kaan Mellart, Didem Soydan, Onur Talay, Mustafa Tari."
It was learned that 14 of the suspects had been detained, while arrest warrants had been issued for Kaan Mellart and Hande Erçel.
Among the suspects whose statements were taken at the prosecutor's office, Koray Serenli, Onur Talay, Sezgin Köysüren, Tuğçe Özbudak, and Mustafa Tari were sent to the peace criminal court with a request for arrest.
4 PEOPLE HAD BEEN ARRESTED
The prosecutor's office referred Kerim Sabancı, Hakan Sabancı, Burak Elmas, Fikret Orman, Güzide Duran, and Didem Soydan to the peace criminal court with the condition of "prohibition of leaving the country," while Ferhat Aydın and İsmail Behram Perinçekli were referred with the condition of "not leaving their residence."
Suspect Onur Bükçü was released after his statement at the prosecutor's office.
The peace criminal court decided to arrest suspects Koray Serenli, Onur Talay, Sezgin Köysüren, and Mustafa Tari, while applying "prohibition of leaving the country" and "house arrest" as judicial control measures for Tuğçe Özbudak.
The court also ruled to apply judicial control measures for Kerim Sabancı, Hakan Sabancı, Burak Elmas, Fikret Orman, Güzide Duran, Didem Soydan, Ferhat Aydın, and İsmail Behram Perinçekli in accordance with the request.