The indictment regarding qualified fraud against DenizBank Manager Hakan Ateş has not been accepted.

The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office had prepared an indictment against DenizBank General Manager Hakan Ateş and former Deputy General Manager Mehmet Aydoğdu on charges of "qualified fraud."

The DenizBank indictment was not accepted. It was returned to the prosecutor's office.

72 YEARS OF PRISON SENTENCE REQUESTED

An indictment was prepared against DenizBank General Manager Hakan Ateş and Mehmet Aydoğdu, alleging that they committed the crime of "qualified fraud" against 24 complainants, with a request for prison sentences ranging from 72 to 240 years.

In the indictment, DenizBank General Manager Hakan Ateş, whose statement was included, stated that after learning about the fraud incident on April 7, 2023, he came to the prosecutor's office with the bank's lawyers to file a criminal complaint.

Ateş reported that on the same day, they spoke on the phone with complainant Fatih Terim and arranged to meet the next day, stating that Terim came to him with complainants Turan and Belözoğlu, asserting that he had no connection to the incident in question.

HAKAN ATEŞ DENIED THE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST HIM

Ateş expressed that he did not accept the allegations against him and stated the following: Fatih Terim, Arda Turan, and Emre Belözoğlu are people who can call me at any time, even for the slightest banking transaction. In fact, Fatih Terim has called me regarding even the smallest credit issue. It is very strange that people who can call me in this way did not contact me before handing over the mentioned millions of dollars to a person named Seçil Erzan. Even after the money started not being repaid, they did not inform me about their grievances by calling me until April 7.