20 Suspects Referred to Court in Capital Markets Fraud Probe
Prosecutors seek detention for 20 suspects in an investigation into alleged market manipulation and fraud, raising total detainees to 85.
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- 20 suspects referred to court with detention requests in capital markets probe
- Total detained suspects in investigation reaches 85
- Suspects include Turkish and foreign nationals
- Magistrate to rule on detention after defense statements
- Investigation continues under confidentiality order
Istanbul prosecutors referred 20 suspects to a magistrate court on Thursday with a request for pre-trial detention as part of an investigation into suspected capital markets fraud and market manipulation. The suspects were detained in recent police operations and questioned before being handed to the prosecutor's office.
The list includes Ali Serhat Tüzün, Ali Yöney, Alper Tunga Sagu Burak, Burak Sevindik, Fırat Kerim Ersoy, Gökhan Koçyiğit, Gürsel Akça, İdris Çakır, Jeremy Etienne Debost, Mücahit Acaralp, Nil Özalp, Tuncer Köklü, Yasemin Yavuz Koçyiğit, Ali Göl, Hüseyin Emre Güner, İhsan Çimen, Mesut Yalım, Osman Sungur, Tahir Fatih Mutlu, and Erol Demirbaş.
With this latest group, the number of suspects remanded in custody in the probe has risen to 85, according to the prosecutor's office. Sixty-five suspects had previously been detained in earlier stages of the investigation.
A magistrate will now rule on the detention requests after hearing the suspects' defenses. The investigation, conducted by the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office Terrorism Financing and Money Laundering Bureau, remains ongoing under a confidentiality order.
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