01.09.2025 01:16
The owner of ASSAN Group, Emin Öner, and the general manager, Gürcan Okumuş, have been ordered to be arrested on charges of having connections with FETÖ and engaging in military espionage activities.
The owner of the company operating under the name ASSAN Group, Emin Öner, and the company's general manager, Gürcan Okumuş, were arrested on the grounds of being connected to the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETÖ) and conducting military espionage activities.
As part of the investigation conducted by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, the procedures of the suspect Emin Öner, the owner of the company operating under the name ASSAN Group, and the company's general manager Gürcan Okumuş, who were taken into custody, were completed at the Istanbul Courthouse.
THE OWNER OF ASSAN WAS ARRESTED
After their procedures at the prosecutor's office, Öner and Okumuş were sent to the court with a request for their arrest, and their statements were taken.
The peace criminal court decided to arrest the suspect Öner for the crimes of "being a member of an armed terrorist organization" and "destroying documents related to the security of the state, using them for purposes other than intended, obtaining them by deceit," while Okumuş was arrested for the crimes of "destroying documents related to the security of the state, using them for purposes other than intended, obtaining them by deceit."
WHAT HAD HAPPENED?
In the recent investigations conducted by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office regarding what has been known to the public as "military espionage," it was determined that the suspect Emin Öner, the owner of the company operating under the name ASSAN Group, and the company's general manager Gürcan Okumuş were connected to FETÖ and were conducting military espionage activities.
Öner and Okumuş were taken into custody on August 27 for the crimes of "being a member of an armed terrorist organization" and "military espionage," and 10 companies operating under ASSAN Group were appointed as trustees by the Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF).