17.11.2025 11:39
It was alleged that a deputy bank manager who retired from a public bank in Adana received 298 thousand dollars from one person's account and 2 million lira from another person's account. The deputy manager denied the allegations, claiming that he is a cancer patient and that he borrowed 600 thousand lira in cash from a client to pay off his debts.
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Bülent Elma, who resides in the Yüreğir district, deposited 338 thousand dollars in a time deposit account in 2014 in the name of his two children, while Nevzat Yarar deposited 2 million lira in the name of his wife at the public bank's Abidinpaşa Branch in Adana. However, after a while, when Bülent Elma wanted to withdraw the money despite having deposited it in a time deposit, he learned that only 40 thousand dollars remained in his account and that the other money had been transferred to the accounts of 5 people in his name without his consent. Nevzat Yarar also realized that the 2 million lira in his wife's account was missing in the same way. Following this, both citizens went to the Public Prosecutor's Office to file a complaint.
"THE MONEY I INVESTED FOR MY CHILDREN'S FUTURE HAS DISAPPEARED" Bülent Elma, who stated that he deposited 338 thousand dollars in the bank for the future of his young daughter and son in 2014, said, "I had been working abroad since 2014. I deposited 388 thousand dollars in the bank. Later, I had a heart attack and decided to return. The assistant manager of the bank, a woman, was very close to my wife and was somehow getting us to sign documents. I was investing this money for my children. My eldest child wanted a house and a car; I asked the bank employee for my money. About 6 months ago, she came with 5 million lira. We said, 'We want our money,' and did not accept it. She had prepared a fake receipt. The last receipt she sent us stated 442 thousand dollars. Right now, our money has disappeared. She left only 40 thousand dollars in the name of my youngest child. She sent money to people we don't know at all. Supposedly, I sent this money, but I don't know any of them. We filed a complaint, and the prosecutor's office is currently waiting for the inspector's report," he said.
Nevzat Yarar, one of the victims, stated, "His father is my cousin. There was already trust between us. All our accounts were with him. When we learned that there was a victim, we checked as well. There was 2 million lira in our account, but it is not there now. We filed a complaint and are waiting. We cannot reach him; he has disappeared," he said.
"I AM A CANCER PATIENT, I DID NOT DEFRAUD ANYONE" O.O., who is alleged to have taken the money deposited in the bank, stated in his testimony at the prosecutor's office that he did not accept the accusations and said he did not take money from anyone. In O.Ö.'s statement, he said, "I have known the person named Bülent Elma, who filed a complaint against me, for about 30 years; his wife, Belma Elma, is my childhood friend. Bülent Elma used to work abroad; when he had banking transactions, he would come to the Yüreğir and Abidinpaşa branches of the bank where I was working at the time, and they would ask me for information related to banking. In fact, he opened an account for himself and his children at the bank where I worked, but I do not know how much money he deposited or withdrew; I was not following it. I was working as the assistant bank manager, and only the control and approval part of the amounts withdrawn or deposited concerned me. I do not know if money went to my relatives, Vehbi Ortaçbayram and Efe Büyükbayram. Maybe there was trade among them; I do not understand how this incident came to me. I retired in 2019, and after a while, I had health problems and financial difficulties. I received about 600 thousand TL in cash from Bülent Elma at that time; we did not prepare any promissory note or document, and he even wanted his family not to know about this incident. I paid 477 thousand 500 TL of this money on different dates, and I will submit the receipts to the prosecutor's office. Also, I am a cancer patient and have been receiving continuous treatment for about 7 years. I absolutely do not accept the accusations," he said.
It has been learned that Efe Büyükbayram and Ebru Yel, two of the five people alleged to have received money from Bülent Elma's account, were unaware that money had come into their accounts and stated that transactions were made in their accounts without their knowledge and consent.
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