30.10.2026 03:08
Five suspects who opened fire on a currency exchange office in Kadıköy on Saturday, October 24, and fled were caught in a police operation in Sakarya. It was revealed that one of the suspects is the son of a former president of a sports club in Istanbul. It was determined that the exchange office that was shot at had not received threats before, while the indebted exchange office next to it had been constantly receiving threats. The 5 suspects were arrested.
Five suspects who fled after shooting up a currency exchange office in KADIKÖY were detained in an operation. The moments when the suspects shot at the workplace were captured by security cameras.
An investigation was launched after an armed attack on a currency exchange office in Kadıköy on Saturday, October 24. Following the work, camera footage was examined. In the examinations, it was seen that an unidentified person fired a gun at the currency exchange office, then walked away from the scene on foot, and then got into a vehicle waiting nearby and fled.
THEY FLED TO SAKARYA WITH A STOLEN LICENSE PLATE
In the joint work of the Public Order Branch Directorate and the Intelligence Branch Directorate, it was determined that the suspects had attached to the car they used while fleeing a license plate they had stolen from another vehicle before the incident. As a result of the follow-up, it was determined that the suspects fled to Sakarya after the incident. After determining where the suspects were staying in Sakarya, an operation was organized in which Special Operations police also took part. In the operation, the suspects K.F.E. (27), A.K.Ç. (37), A.G. (30), Y.D. (42) and F.E.K. (32) were detained.
HE TURNED OUT TO BE THE SON OF A FORMER CLUB PRESIDENT
It emerged that K.F.E., one of the suspects brought to the Public Order Branch Directorate for questioning, was the son of Y.E., a former president of a sports club in Istanbul. It was stated that the car with the changed license plate used by K.F.E. in the incident was also registered in his mother's name.
THEY MAY HAVE SHOT AT THE WRONG OFFICE
While the investigation into the incident continues, it was determined that the currency exchange office that was shot at had not received threats before, but another currency exchange office belonging to O.G. next door owed a large amount of debt to the market and had been constantly receiving threats. For this reason, the possibility that the suspects shot at the wrong currency exchange office is being evaluated. The 5 suspects, whose procedures at the police were completed and who exercised their right to remain silent, were arrested by the court they were brought before and sent to prison.