13.02.2026 09:31
The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office announced that an operation was launched against 36 individuals in the provinces of Ankara, Antalya, Kocaeli, and Kayseri as part of a "money laundering" investigation, and a decision was made to seize assets consisting of 9 companies, 1 shop, 25 fields/plots, 12 residences/apartments, and 104 vehicles.
A new development has occurred within the scope of the "money laundering" investigation conducted by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office.
SIMULTANEOUS OPERATION ON 36 INDIVIDUALS AND 9 BUSINESSES
In a statement made by the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office regarding the matter, it was noted: "Within the scope of the investigation file numbered 2026/8080 conducted by the Office for the Prevention of the Financing of Terrorism and Money Laundering of the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office; it has been determined that the suspect companies and individuals established an organization to obtain foreign exchange conversion support and to smuggle money of unknown origin into the country, that they issued fictitious export and import invoices within the established organization, that the money received in foreign currency from the countries declared to have made exports is money of unknown origin, that the money claimed to be brought in with cash declaration forms is either foreign currency collected from within the country or money belonging to third parties, and that they benefited from foreign exchange conversion support with documents they organized among themselves.
HERE ARE THE COMPANIES
In the conducted investigations, the suspect companies identified include 'Altun Gold Precious Metals Trade Joint Stock Company, Altun Gold Precious Metals Trade Joint Stock Company Bazaar Branch, Altun Virtual Store E-Commerce Limited Company, Ata Deniz Metal Iron and Steel Joint Stock Company, Deniz Sera Industry and Trade Limited Company, Ata Deniz Metal Iron and Steel Joint Stock Company, Çelik Kons. Yapı İnş. San. Ve Tıc. A.Ş., Mediterranean Glass General Marketing Candle Construction Jewelry Automotive Real Estate Transportation Tourism Agriculture Industry Trade Limited Company, Muti Iron Construction Industry and Trade Limited Company, Baghdad Paint and Chemical Construction Industry Trade Limited Company, Hanedar Metal Construction Contracting Tourism Automotive Industry and Trade Limited Company', and it has been decided to seize the assets of 9 companies, 1 shop, 25 fields/plots, 12 residences/apartments, and 104 vehicles belonging to real and legal entities evaluated from the date of the crime, and a simultaneous operation was carried out on 36 individuals and 9 businesses on 13.02.2026, centered in our province, including Ankara, Antalya, Kocaeli, and Kayseri.
"THE INVESTIGATION IS BEING CONDUCTED DILIGENTLY"
The investigation continues to be conducted in a multi-faceted and meticulous manner to protect financial security, prevent the entry of criminal proceeds into the economic system, and reveal the organizational structure in all its aspects."