Seçil Erzan revealed for the first time what she did with the money she received from Fatih Terim.

The trial of bank branch manager Seçil Erzan, who is accused of defrauding more than 30 people, including well-known footballers such as Arda Turan, Fernando Muslera, Emre Belözoğlu, and Selçuk İnan, with approximately 25 million dollars and 7 million 384 thousand lira by claiming it was a highly profitable and reliable fund that included names like Fatih Terim, continued. In the hearing held by the Istanbul 41st Heavy Penal Court with 7 defendants, detained defendants Seçil Erzan and Ali Yörük were present along with some defendants who are not in custody. The lawyers of the parties also attended the hearing.

"WE HAD A BROTHERLY RELATIONSHIP WITH FATİH TERİM"

Defendant Seçil Erzan, who made a defense statement during the hearing, said, "I had not received Fatih Terim's account movements; they arrived today, and I will examine them. As seen in the Inspection Board report and the expert report, the movements in the coach's account match. All kinds of signature checks related to this have also been verified. The amounts entering and exiting his account are the same. Since I have just received Terim's account movements, I will do a detailed account. I never received any money from Fatih Terim under the name of the fund. He only paid me twice, totaling 700 thousand dollars, due to our friendly relationship. You can evaluate this, he said. We had a completely brotherly relationship with him. The 700 thousand dollars he gave was returned with interest. I handed the money over in the garden. Apart from that, for example, the income from the Turkish Football Federation and other official revenues were processed in official accounts with his consent," he said.

"WHEN HE ASKED ME 'DO WE HAVE MONEY?'"

Continuing his defense, Erzan said, "I could never say no to Fatih Terim. He never demanded money from me by force or pressure. When he asked me 'do we have money?' I always said 'yes' and guided him. This fund was going to be an official fund, and I wanted to give the money to the coach. Also, there was no irregular transaction with Fatih Terim. He would either message me or communicate through his staff. We would always get confirmation this way," he stated.

"I PAID TERİM'S MONEY AS INTEREST TO OTHERS"

The presiding judge asked Seçil Erzan what he did with the 700 thousand dollars he received from Fatih Terim. Erzan replied, "I paid it as interest to others." Later, when asked, "Did you ever invest from Fatih Terim’s bank account?" Erzan responded, "I always made a transaction with his approval. The amounts deposited into his account were always enough for that day's payment. He had no income to cover his expenses. The amounts deposited on the same day were always withdrawn on the same day. Fatih Terim has never set foot in either the Florya or Levent branch," he replied.

"THEY WERE GOING FOR MASSAGE, WE WERE TAKING THE MONEY"

Continuing his defense, Erzan said, "The coach generally did not use WhatsApp; we usually communicated via SMS. I would provide account information as it was written in the system via SMS. We had off-the-counter transactions. Apart from Fatih Terim, there were other footballers to whom I made off-the-counter payments. For example, they were going for massages; they did not want to come to the branch, so we took the money. The money was handed over in person, and then confirmation was obtained from the person, 'We delivered your money in this way, did you receive it?'" he explained.

"THEY ALL KNEW THE INTEREST CAME FROM AN ILLEGAL SOURCE"

Erzan, who stated that he met Hakan Ateş in the general directorate within the bank and Fatih Terim at the Galatasaray Sports Facilities, continued his defense by saying, "Fatih Terim and Hakan Ateş have a friendly relationship. I never mentioned a situation called 'Fatih Terim fund.' All these people knew that the interest came from an illegal source; they would say to me, 'Go get the money from whoever you can, and give it to us.' They all knew this, but it was not discussed. According to them, money was 'welcome from wherever it came.' Everyone generated their own 'fund frenzy' among themselves. They started to talk about it among themselves. I never said anything to anyone under the name of a personal fund," he stated.