20.07.2026 12:12
A striking detail emerged in the expert report prepared as part of the Ahbap investigation. According to the report, it was determined that Oğuzhan Uğur's brother, Tuğrul Uğur, and related family companies engaged in suspicious money traffic with suspects in the illegal gambling baron Derkan Başer case and with casino companies based in Cyprus.
An expert report has been prepared regarding Oğuzhan Uğur, who was detained as part of an investigation conducted by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office into the Ahbap Association. The report states that in the examination of bank accounts, assets, and cross-relationships covering the 2017-2026 period, the account movements of Oğuzhan Uğur, his brother Tuğrul Uğur, and the family-related Babala TV Organizasyon Ticaret Limited Şirketi, Babalayka Film Yapım Ticaret Limited Şirketi, and OsisYapım Reklam ve Organizasyon Ticaret Limited Şirketi were compared with the Yeliz Kaya account linked to the AHBAP Association and those with financial ties to her, as examined within the scope of the case file.
INDIRECT FINANCIAL CONNECTION LINES IDENTIFIED The expert report recorded that no direct money transfer records were found between Oğuzhan Uğur, Tuğrul Uğur, and related companies and the Ahbap Association and Yeliz Kaya, and that two separate indirect financial connection lines independent of each other were identified in the account movements. In the first connection line, it was determined that Oğuzhan Uğur had direct monetary relationships with three individuals: Serhat Aydın (400,000 TL), Barış Zümrüt (350,350 TL), and Ercüment Karataş (52,000 TL), totaling 802,350 TL. It was found that Serhat Aydın, Barış Zümrüt, and Ercüment Karataş each had separate direct financial contacts with Mehmet Sait Köse, and Köse sent a total of 550,000 TL to Yeliz Kaya in two transactions. The expert report explained that these three individuals were not limited to transactions with Oğuzhan Uğur alone but were also parties to repeated and high-value transactions with Tuğrul Uğur and Babala TV accounts.
Tuğrul Uğur- Oğuzhan Uğur It was observed that Serhat Aydın's total transaction volume with the Uğur family and their companies was approximately 964,700 TL (bilateral), Barış Zümrüt's approximately 6.6 million TL (bilateral), and Ercüment Karataş's approximately 1.8 million TL (bilateral). The report stated that this situation indicates these individuals are not isolated counterparties but rather part of a common transaction circle involving the Uğur family and related companies. In the second connection line, it was determined that Gaye Akıl, who sent a total of 231,710 TL to Tuğrul Uğur's account in four transactions, received 70,000 TL from Aytaç Köse in three transactions, while Yeliz Kaya sent 450,000 TL to Aytaç Köse. The report explained that the common counterparty structure formed through Gaye Akıl and Aytaç Köse suggests that Tuğrul Uğur's transaction circle may have a second and independent indirect financial connection line extending to Yeliz Kaya.
The report stated: "In this context, although no direct fund transfer from the Uğur family and related companies to Yeliz Kaya has been identified, the existence of two separate indirect relationship lines—one extending from Serhat Aydın, Barış Zümrüt, and Ercüment Karataş to Mehmet Sait Köse and then to Yeliz Kaya, and another extending from Gaye Akış and Aytaç Köse to Yeliz Kaya—reveals that the transaction circles of the parties intersect through multiple common counterparties. These connections do not constitute a fund transfer proving the transfer of the same money; rather, they form a multi-layered and significant indirect financial relationship network, established through repeated common individuals, which is important for the case."
TRANSACTIONS INCREASED EXTRAORDINARILY FROM 2023 The expert report stated that in Oğuzhan Uğur's accounts, a total transaction volume of 24,055,673 TL occurred across 1,066 transactions, with transactions increasing extraordinarily especially from 2023. The report indicated that a total of 12,518,288 TL was deposited into Uğur's accounts, and 8,841,905 TL was withdrawn. The report also noted that the personal accounts were extensively linked to family companies and his brother.
The report expressed that in Tuğrul Uğur's accounts, there were a total of 1,350,286 TL in electronic money and payment institution transactions across 201 transactions, with payment institutions such as ERPA Ödeme, Paybull, Klon, and Mypayz among the counterparties. The report stated: "The recurrence of these institution names in previously examined illegal betting files does not alone indicate a crime connection; however, when evaluated together with Tuğrul Uğur's intense transfers with numerous individuals, high cash deposit transactions, and money movements with Cyprus-linked companies, it is considered to be complementary financial data supporting the transaction pattern."
Derkan Başer MONEY MOVEMENT WITH BETTING BARON DERKAN BAŞER Continuing the report: "Transactions made with Cyprus-based companies associated with illegal betting and casino activities in the accounts of Tuğrul Uğur and related companies are also of particular importance. Tuğrul Uğur sent 150,000 TL in 2 transactions to Kantara Palace LTD, 90,000 TL in 4 transactions to Arkın Ventures Limited, 113,500 TL in 5 transactions to Çağın LTD, and 54,180 TL in 3 transactions to Aydoğan Investments LTD. Babala TV transferred 27,300 TL in 2 transactions to Aydoğan Investments LTD, and Babalayka Film Yapım transferred 29,700 TL to Grandfalcon Investment LTD. A money inflow of 23,220 TL occurred into Tuğrul Uğur's account via Kıbrıs İktisat Bankası Limited. Thus, in the Cyprus-linked transaction group, a total financial movement of 487,900 TL occurred across 18 transactions, comprising 464,680 TL in 17 outgoing transactions and 23,220 TL in 1 incoming transaction."
The report assessed that the presence of direct money movements, albeit in low amounts, between Tuğrul Uğur and Can Kılıçarslan, a suspect in the Derkan Başer case, and İMS Elektronik Tekstil Gıda Sanayi İç ve Dış Ticaret Limited Şirketi, is another financial indicator supporting his contact with the transaction circles encountered in illegal betting cases.
The report included the determination that, when the data is evaluated together, family members and company accounts are not used independently; instead, an integrated financial structure exists where funds are circulated extensively and bilaterally between personal and corporate entity accounts.
In the report, which evaluated records from the 2017-2026 period together, it was determined that while there is no direct money transfer between the Uğur family and related companies (AHBAP Association, Yeliz Kaya, and other related suspects), two separate indirect financial connection lines have been identified: the first via Serhat Aydın, Barış Zümrüt, and Ercüment Karataş, linked to Mehmet Sait Köse; and the second via Aytaç Köse and Gaye Akıl.
The lines in question do not demonstrate a traceable transfer of the same fund, but they reveal that the parties' transaction environments intersect through multiple common individuals, indicating an indirect financial relationship."
SOURCE OF LUXURY VEHICLE AND VILLA PURCHASE UNEXPLAINED Regarding Tuğrul Uğur, the report found: "Considering the high-volume account transactions spread across a broad network of individuals and branches, intense cash deposits, electronic money transactions, serial and fragmented transfers, financial contacts with Cyprus-based companies and individuals previously encountered in illegal gambling cases; the transactions of Babala TV and Babalayka Film Yapım accounts with risky counterparties such as Grandfalcon Investment Ltd. and Aydoğan Investments Ltd.; and the high-value two-way fund circulation among family members and associated companies, it has been concluded that there are strong financial indications that the accounts belonging to the Uğur family and their companies are used beyond ordinary personal and commercial purposes, within an integrated financial structure where funds are circulated among different individual and company accounts."
In the rest of the report, it was stated: "The transfer of high-value funds from GAİN Medya to the purchase of a luxury vehicle within a short period, and the inability to explain the source of the Ömerli villa purchase costing 25 million Turkish Liras through existing bank, cash, and credit records, necessitate further investigation into the true financing sources of the movable and immovable acquisitions. Considering the multi-layered indirect financial connections extending to Yeliz Kaya, the recurring counterparties in illegal gambling files, high cash and electronic money movements, intense fund circulation among individual-family-company accounts, and the acquisition of assets with undetermined sources, it is assessed that these constitute strong and concrete financial indications requiring the continuation of a detailed financial examination regarding the subject matter of the case." The investigation by the chief prosecutor's office into the matter continues. A striking detail emerged in the expert report prepared within the scope of the Ahbap investigation. According to the report, it was determined that Oğuzhan Uğur's brother, Tuğrul Uğur, and the associated family companies engaged in suspicious money traffic with suspects in the illegal gambling baron Derkan Başer case and with Cyprus-based casino companies.