21.10.2026 02:10
In an illegal betting operation centered in Eskişehir and organized across 33 provinces, 78 of the 101 suspects detained were arrested. It is alleged that the suspects, whose bank accounts were determined to have a transaction volume of 7.1 billion Turkish liras, provided bank accounts and GSM lines to online illegal betting and gambling sites and mediated money transfers. Twenty-one suspects were released under judicial control, and two people were released after their procedures at the police station.
Of the 101 suspects detained in the illegal betting operation carried out in 33 provinces centered in Eskişehir, 78 were arrested.
JUDICIAL CONTROL FOR 21 SUSPECTS
After proceedings at the police station, 2 people were released, while 99 suspects who were referred to the courthouse were brought before the duty court after their statements at the prosecutor's office.
78 of the suspects were arrested by the duty magistrate's court, and 21 were released subject to judicial control conditions.
TRANSACTIONS WORTH 7.1 BILLION LIRA IN ACCOUNTS
Police teams conducted an operation centered in Eskişehir in Adana, Ağrı, Antalya, Aydın, Balıkesir, Batman, Bilecik, Bursa, Diyarbakır, Düzce, Gaziantep, Giresun, Hakkari, Hatay, Istanbul, Izmir, Kayseri, Kocaeli, Kütahya, Malatya, Manisa, Mardin, Mersin, Muğla, Sakarya, Samsun, Sinop, Şanlıurfa, Tekirdağ, Tokat, Trabzon and Van, and in the operation in which 101 suspects were detained, a transaction volume of 7.1 billion lira was identified in the suspects' bank accounts.
It was alleged that the suspects organizedly enabled the activities of online illegal betting and gambling sites across the country, obtained bank accounts and GSM lines from third parties, and mediated money transfers.