18.07.2025 13:44
In the report prepared by the National Intelligence Organization regarding the investigation into the current financial structure of the Fetullah Terrorist Organization, which led to the capture of 26 suspects in 9 provinces centered in Istanbul, it is stated that, according to witness statements, Zeki Doruk, the owner of HAKMAR, has never severed his ties with the organization and that his children were named by the organization's leader, Fetullah Gülen.
In the investigation conducted by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office regarding FETÖ's current financial structure, a report prepared by MIT regarding Doruk, the Chairman of the Board of HAKMAR and TATBAK Gıda AŞ, has been obtained.
The report, which includes the statement of T.A. as a knowledgeable witness, stated that the witness mentioned Doruk never severed his ties with the organization, provided job opportunities to individuals connected to the organization in the upper echelons of the company, and provided financial support to the organization.
"DORUK'S CHILDREN WERE NAMED BY GULEN"
The report mentioned that in the witness statements given during the trial at the Istanbul 23rd Heavy Penal Court regarding Doruk, it was stated that "Doruk's children were named by the organization's leader Fetullah Gülen, that HAKMAR supermarket chain provided bread assistance to dormitories under the control of FETÖ/PDY, that sacrificial assistance was provided to the organization during the sacrificial holidays, that Doruk held meetings with organization members, that he sponsored the institutions, organizations, and associations of the organization, that he deposited the salaries of his employees through Bank Asya, and that he organized organizational meetings at the HAKMAR headquarters."
The report stated that suspect Doruk expressed to his surroundings, "Even if I have to pay a fine equal to the daily income of my market from the Ministry of Finance, I will raise prices and increase inflation in the country. I rose with the community (FETÖ), even if my wealth is lost, it is a sacrifice." It was also noted that Doruk covered the expenses of the safe houses where fugitive organization members were hiding and provided in-kind and cash assistance to the families of organization members in prison.
INTERCONNECTED SECRET DOORS FOUND IN HAKMAR'S HEADQUARTERS
The report stated that in HAKMAR's headquarters building in Sancaktepe, there were numerous interconnected secret doors suitable for the organizational structure, and that high-level security was maintained in these locations where organizational meetings were held.
The report indicated that Doruk employed 55 individuals who had records in UYAP for "membership in an armed terrorist organization" and that the suspect, expelled police officer Cengiz Güneş, served as Doruk's personal assistant, carrying out "courier activities" by delivering in-kind and cash assistance to FETÖ/PDY members or their first-degree relatives across Turkey based on instructions from Doruk.
CENGİZ GÜNEŞ'S ASSISTANCE TO ORGANIZATION MEMBERS ON THE EVE OF SACRIFICIAL HOLIDAY
The report pointed out that Güneş, following instructions from Doruk, contacted members of the organization's "security confidential" and "civil" structures or their first-degree relatives on the eve of the sacrificial holiday in June, indicating that he communicated with those who were subject to proceedings within the organization and were part of the organization's different levels and "confidential structures," delivered financial assistance, and contacted individuals who owned different companies and were suspected of being connected to the organization, collecting and distributing aid money on behalf of the organization.
The report included that Güneş met with Yalçın Arslan, a suspect in the investigation who was identified as a partner in two companies established by the organization's financial advisors and was a ByLock user, on June 5 in Adapazarı.
The report stated that Güneş met with Orhan Çağlıyan, a former police chief who was retired ex officio while serving as a police chief at the Police Academy and had a record for "membership in an armed terrorist organization," on June 6.
The report described that Güneş met with expelled teacher Mehmet Muhterem Çelebi, who was reported to have served as the so-called imam of Kocaeli and was released from prison in December 2024, on June 5 in Ankara Pursaklar, and that he also met with other suspects Ergün Esmeray, İbrahim Kara, and Mehmet Sarıyüz in different neighborhoods of Ankara on the same day.
The report also included findings regarding other suspects who were detained as part of the investigation.
It was stated in the report that suspect Savaş Taşkın had a record as a suspect in the investigation conducted by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office regarding the FETÖ/PDY armed terrorist organization in 2016, and the witness statement regarding Taşkın was also included.
In the witness statement, T.A. mentioned that Taşkın had a record of working as a purchasing manager at HAKMAR and was part of a group of company officials who went to Mauritania for organizational actions under the name of "sacrificial, educational, and school assistance."
The report evaluated the former police chief suspect Orhan Çağlıyan, stating that he had contact records with high-level organization executives Ali Çelik and Osman Karakuş on 72 different occasions.