29.10.2026 22:02
The 'black money' investigation targeting the 'Sarıgül' family has spread to new names. AK Party Ankara Provincial Deputy Chairman Serkan Korkutata was also detained within the scope of the investigation. Korkutata was released after his statement.
The money laundering investigation in which Emir Sarıgül, the son of New Party MP Mustafa Sarıgül, was arrested continues to expand. In the latest wave of the investigation, AK Party Ankara Provincial Deputy Chairman Serkan Korkutata was also detained.
TAKEN FROM ISTANBUL TO ANKARA Serkan Korkutata is also the son of Hüsamettin Korkutata, an MP of the closed Welfare Party, and the nephew of AK Party Bingöl MP Zeki Korkutata. It was learned that Korkutata was taken from Istanbul to Ankara, where the investigation is being conducted.
RELEASED Korkutata's statement was taken. Serkan Korkutata was later released.
BOARD MEMBER AT EMİR SARIGÜL'S COMPANY It is also known that Korkutata, a board member of Maritza İnşaat, among whose founders Emir Sarıgül is included, was among the shareholders of Beyaz TV, which was previously associated with the Melih Gökçek family.
Serkan Korkutata INVESTIGATION INTO THE SARIGÜL FAMILY In a statement made by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, it was stated that an investigation was launched upon the allegation that German citizens K.P. and M.B. carried out transactions to launder large amounts of money of unknown origin through companies established at home and abroad.
In the statement, it was stated that the complainants made allegations that 'a contract worth 80 million euros was drawn up,' 'a transfer transaction of 100 million euros was carried out,' 'it was promised that a fund of 1 billion euros would be taken abroad through a loan by using public power and influence,' and 'a boat sale worth 1.5 million euros was made.'
In the statement, which noted that the complainants also claimed that they forwarded information and documents related to the matter to Murat Ağırel and that they were threatened after the said information and documents were passed on to the relevant persons, the following was recorded:
'As a result of the joint evaluation of the complainant statements, the audio and video recordings they submitted, and the evidence obtained within the scope of the investigation, a detention decision was issued for Emir Sarıgül, Ömer Sarıgül, Aylin Kotil, Volkan Aslanbaş, Cavidan Tanrah Artuner, and Murat Ağırel. The allegations concerning Mustafa Sarıgül, a 28th Term MP of the Turkish Grand National Assembly, will be sent to the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office for separate evaluation. Investigation proceedings are ongoing.'
Within this scope, Ömer Sarıgül, Kotil, Aslanbaş, Artuner, and Ağırel were detained by Istanbul Police Department teams.
As the work continued, Caner Baş, Cihan Durak, Zekai Erdem, Cihat Salman, Selim Daşdemir, Özgür Bölükbaşı, Bayram Özata, Cemil Vasken Barın, Zekeriya Yasemin, Mehmet Ali Aslan, Sadullah Ergün, and Uğur Kurtulan were also apprehended.
19 SUSPECTS WERE ARRESTED Following their procedures, 15 of the 17 suspects referred to the courthouse were arrested, while Cemil Vasken Barın and Uğur Kurtulan were released with judicial control provisions applied. Suspect Emir Sarıgül was also arrested on October 21 by the criminal judgeship of peace to which he was brought.
In another operation conducted within the scope of the investigation, Beşir Ömer Demir, Çağlar Sezgin, Cihan Tunç, Atakan Eren, and Ümit İlker Avcı were detained. It was decided that Tunç, Avcı, and Sezgin would be arrested, and that judicial control measures in the form of 'not leaving the residence' would be applied to Demir and Eren.