The Ministry of Treasury and Finance has also become involved in the Seçil Erzan case.

The trial of bank manager Seçil Erzan, who is accused of defrauding many people, including well-known figures such as Fatih Terim, Arda Turan, Fernando Muslera, and Emre Belözoğlu, under the promise of a high-yield private fund, continued. In his defense, the accused Erzan stated, "I turned a blind eye to the moneylenders knocking on my door with guns to be able to pay people's interest. I am not a ship captain; I am a bank manager. The captain of this ship is the complainants who are not victims, who took more money from me, and who guided me."

SEÇİL ERZAN IN FRONT OF THE JUDGE ONCE AGAIN

The trial of bank branch manager Seçil Erzan, who is accused of defrauding more than 30 people, including famous footballers Arda Turan, Fernando Muslera, Emre Belözoğlu, and Selçuk İnan, out of approximately 25 million dollars and 7 million 384 thousand lira by claiming it was a high-yield reliable fund that included names like Fatih Terim, continued. In the hearing held at the Istanbul 41st Heavy Penal Court, detained defendant Seçil Erzan was present along with some of the released defendants and the lawyers of the parties.

THE TREASURY MINISTRY HAS ALSO JOINED THE CASE

The lawyer of the Ministry of Treasury and Finance, who was present at the hearing, requested to join the case. The court panel, which evaluated the request, accepted it.

ERZAN: I WAS GIVING THE MONEY I RECEIVED TO THE LOAN SHARKS

In his defense, Seçil Erzan stated that he made repayments to the people who invested money, saying, "The interest I paid to those people was circulating among themselves without me seeing the money; they were taking money from me, asking for interest, but I couldn't make payments because the money didn't come to me. The money was circulating among other people who brought money to me. I repaid the money I received by selling my field and my mother's house. I gave mortgages to loan sharks; there is evidence of this. I was giving the money I received from Hüseyin Eligül to loan sharks. I did not deceive anyone; everyone who took money from me and carried out these transactions has financial literacy. I never said to anyone, 'Come, there is a fund, shall I give you unregistered money?' Selçuk İnan was convinced by Semih Kaya. I never spoke with Emre Çolak before the payment was made," he stated.

"THE CAPTAIN OF THIS SHIP IS THOSE WHO TOOK MORE MONEY FROM ME"

Continuing his defense, Erzan stated, "I turned a blind eye to the moneylenders knocking on my door with guns to be able to pay people's interest. I am not a ship captain; I am a bank manager. The captain of this ship is the complainants who are not victims, who took more money from me, and who guided me. I waited for money from Atilla Baltaş and others for months. I was trying to make payments to the complainants in return for the money I received from them. When they asked for double the money from me, I was borrowing because the complainants wanted the money I promised them, and I was promising to pay them. Since I never discussed banking transactions with any complainant, they did not know what these transactions were. I never withdrew money from Fatih Terim's account. I carried out the cash flow through off-the-books transactions. I did not transfer money to anyone from Fatih Terim's account," he said.

"I BORROWED MONEY OUTSIDE THE BANK"

During the hearing, the public prosecutor asked Erzan how he generated the unofficial income he mentioned in his previous statements. Erzan replied, "I generated the income from loan sharks and Atilla Baltaş. Fatih Terim was taking money from me without asking where I was getting this money from. I was borrowing money from someone to give it to him. Tanın Yılmaz was asking me for money without questioning, even though he knew I was conducting banking transactions and that I was doing these transactions off the books. In this case, the loan shark is Tanın Yılmaz. It is prohibited for us to borrow money outside the bank, but I borrowed money outside the bank during this period," he stated.