08.12.2025 23:00
As part of the investigation into the allegations of 'betting' in the world of football, 10 suspects, including Zorbay Küçük, Salih Malkoçoğlu, and Tolga Kalender, were released under judicial control by the duty magistrate. Football players Mert Hakan Yandaş, Metehan Baltacı, former Adana Demirspor President Murat Sancak, Konyaspor's Alassane Ndao, and Ahmet Okatan were arrested.
As part of the betting investigation conducted by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, a decision was made regarding 10 individuals, including referee Zorbay Küçük, who were taken into custody.
10 PEOPLE RELEASED UNDER JUDICIAL CONTROL In the investigation regarding the allegation of 'betting' in the football world, 10 suspects, including Zorbay Küçük, were released under judicial control by the duty magistrate they were brought before.
REFERRAL LETTERS REVEALED On the other hand, the referral letters prepared for suspects Mert Hakan Yandaş, Metehan Baltacı, Murat Sancak, and Emrah Çelik have also emerged.
NUMEROUS BETTING COUPONS FOUND, INCLUDING FENERBAHÇE MATCHES Mert Hakan Yandaş, the captain of the Fenerbahçe Sports Club football team, transferred a total of 4 million 453 thousand 62 lira between December 4, 2021, and October 26, 2025, with suspect Ersen Dikmen. It was determined that Dikmen sent the amounts received from Yandaş to legal betting sites shortly after, and that suspect Ersen Dikmen sent a total of 2 million 60 thousand 74 lira to Mert Hakan Yandaş. It was noted that there were numerous betting coupons, including those for Fenerbahçe Sports Club's football matches, on legal betting sites after December 4, 2021, the date when Dikmen started receiving money transfers from Yandaş. Investigations of Yandaş's digital materials revealed images of betting coupons indicating that bets were placed on the Fenerbahçe football team he played for, and it was assessed that Yandaş engaged in actions aimed at influencing match results by betting independently of the football team through suspect Dikmen.
IT WAS WRITTEN THAT HE PLACED BETS AS 'HIS TEAM WINS AND OVER 2.5 GOALS' It was reported that Metehan Baltacı, a Galatasaray football player, had a membership registration on the legal betting site Nesine, and during the period he was a player at Galatasaray Sports Club, he placed bets on 27 matches. The suspect placed bets in the form of 'his team wins and over 2.5 goals', and in the examinations of his digital materials, it was found that there was an image of a betting coupon believed to be obtained from the illegal betting site Vevobahis in messages from 2021. In the conversation contents from 2024, it was detected that during his time as a player for Eyüpspor, he suggested a coupon to a person named Ufuk with the phrase 'Urfa Eyüp kg' and messages related to betting were identified. Additionally, it was noted that he logged into illegal betting sites named 'Tipo90', 'Totobo', and 'Holiganbet' with a username and password, and that he engaged in actions aimed at influencing the match results by betting individually for personal gain, independent of the football team he played for.
HIGH AMOUNT MONEY TRANSFERS DETECTED In the MASAK report prepared regarding former Adana Demirspor President Murat Sancak, it was stated that excluding transactions he made between his own accounts after 2017, there were a total of 1,157 transactions involving money transfers amounting to 1 billion 226 million TL received, and 8,799 transactions involving money transfers amounting to 1 billion 197 million TL sent. It was noted that there were very high-value money transfer transactions between him and the companies he is a partner of, and Adana Demirspor Club, Adana Demirspor Football Inc., and Adana Demirspor Sports Investments and Trade Inc. It was also reported that there were money transfers between him and many individuals with transaction records related to illegal betting, and that high-value cash transactions were detected in the report that could not provide information or documents about their source, as well as high-value money transfers with Metin Korkmaz, who has an arrest warrant against him.
NUMEROUS BETTING DATA DETECTED It was reported that Emrah Çelik was the second president of Antalyaspor A.Ş, and that there was information indicating that he placed bets on Antalyaspor matches during the period he was an executive. It was determined that there were numerous legal betting data related to the matches played by the Antalyaspor football team between 2019 and 2024, and it was stated that the suspect engaged in actions aimed at influencing match results by placing bets.