13.12.2025 18:25
As part of the betting operation in Turkish football, 20 people, including players and club presidents, were arrested. Communications of the suspects were also detected within the scope of the betting and match-fixing investigation.
As part of the betting operation in Turkish football, the investigation continues into the mobile phones of the suspects after the arrest of 20 people, including football players and club presidents. It has been reported that some individuals have been identified as engaging in illegal online gambling outside of betting, and communications related to this have been uncovered.
IMAGE OF A COUPON BELONGING TO AN ILLEGAL BETTING AND GAMBLING SITE
On the phone of one of the arrested football players, Emircan Çiçek, images of coupons belonging to two different illegal betting and gambling sites were found. In conversations, he was seen saying, "They took 86 thousand liras from us. We won from the site. Betting? Yes."
Another arrested football player, Faruk Can Genç, shared his struggles in conversations, stating, "Bro, there’s this illegal site issue; when I was playing in Giresun, we gathered like that, the masseur and 2-3 people made a coupon. Could that cause trouble?"
"WILL WE WIN THE MATCH? I'M MAKING A COUPON"
Another arrested player, İzzet Furkan Malak, had images related to an illegal betting and gambling site and photos of him playing roulette on his phone. In Malak's conversation, he expressed, "Will we win the match? I'm making a coupon."
It was determined that Abdulsamet Burak, one of the football players released under judicial control after being detained, had accessed four different illegal betting and gambling sites, and he stated in his conversation, "Grandpa threw 100x, then I had a game; I entered that. I took a spin. It gave 17, something happened."
IMAGES ON MERT HAKAN'S PHONE
It was also found that Mert Hakan Yandaş, one of the arrested football players, had photos on his mobile phone showing that he was playing online gambling.