15.07.2026 20:20
The statement of Yeliz Kaya, the assistant arrested in the Ahbap investigation, has emerged. Saying she used all her accounts under Haluk Levent's instructions, Kaya claimed that the signatures on the checks issued in her name were forged by Levent. Stating that the properties were put under her name due to Levent's debts, Kaya said, "Because of him, I went into debt to banks, my credit cards were maxed out. He burned me due to his own debts."
The prosecutor's office statement of Yeliz Kaya, who is under arrest as part of the Ahbap investigation led by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, has emerged. Kaya, who works as Haluk Levent's assistant, made striking allegations regarding bank accounts, checks, real estate transfers, and money movements linked to the Ahbap Association.
“I USED MY ACCOUNTS ON HIS INSTRUCTIONS”
Stating that she is an insured employee, Kaya said, “I used all my accounts by carrying out the transactions Haluk Levent told me to do.” Claiming that the money she sent to Berkant Acil was also transferred on Levent's instruction, Kaya said she had no other relationship with this person.
Yeliz Kaya alleged that she did not know the internal workings of the Ahbap Association and had no connection with the association. Kaya said, “The money transfers made through my account related to the Ahbap Association were done entirely on his instruction.” She also claimed that Haluk Levent told her he could borrow from the Ahbap Association because he was its president.
“HALUK LEVENT SIGNED THE CHECKS”
Kaya recounted that Haluk Levent sent money to Güney Köse, saying he would become a partner in a company called Akberg. Stating that she did not know where the money was later used, Kaya claimed she was unaware of the fate of the said investment.
Yeliz Kaya alleged that the signatures on the back of the checks issued in her name did not belong to her. “Haluk Levent signed them himself, claiming it was my signature. In fact, the signature he made is not even my signature,” Kaya said, adding that this is why the checks were collected from the market.
SHE SAID SHE TRANSFERRED REAL ESTATE TO PEOPLE SHE DID NOT KNOW: HE USED ME
Kaya admitted that on Haluk Levent's instruction, she transferred the real estate registered in her name to Esin Önder Çağlayan and to other people Levent said he owed money to. “I don't know the people I transferred to, but he said he owed them money,” Kaya said, claiming she did not make the transactions on her own decision.
Kaya alleged that Levent planned to buy the real estate from contractors with promissory notes and close his debts, and that the real estate was registered in her name because Levent could not acquire them in his own name.
“Because he could not take them in his own name, he took them in my name. He used me,” Kaya said, claiming that she only carried out Levent's instructions in bank and land registry transactions. Stating that Haluk Levent was in a difficult situation due to his debts, Kaya said, “Because of him, I became indebted to banks, my credit cards were maxed out. Haluk Levent has burned me because of his own debts.”
It was learned that the investigation is examining Kaya's bank accounts, signatures on checks, money transfers with the Ahbap Association, and real estate transfers.
TRANSACTION VOLUME REACHES 10 BILLION LIRAS
According to the report prepared by MASAK, Kaya had a transaction volume of 5 billion liras in 2024, 10 billion liras in 2025, and 4 billion liras in 2026. The report noted that high-value money transfers were made to and from individuals and companies with which she had no partnership relationship, and it assessed that money movements from jewelry and foreign exchange companies should also be examined from a financial perspective.
The report stated that high amounts of cash were deposited into Berkant Acil's bank accounts, with 97.3 million liras in cash deposited into his account only in August and September 2024. Additionally, the report included information that the 1.5 million dollars deposited by Yeliz Kaya into Acil's account on September 10, 2024, was transferred back to Kaya's account the next day.