Within the scope of the investigation carried out by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office into the “betting on football” allegation, the referral letter for 14 of the 21 suspects for whom the prosecutor’s office requested arrest was obtained.
Accordingly, in the article, in the evaluation made about the suspect İbrahim Yılmaz, it was noted that Yılmaz, who is a member of Nesine, had a total of 88 coupons for the competitions he played in between July 12, 2020 and March 24, 2024, when he was a player in İstanbulspor AŞ, Eyüpspor and 24 Erzincanspor clubs.
In the article, it was stated that the suspect Eyüp Can Temiz was also a member of Nesine, became a player in Arhavispor Football Club on April 21, 2021, and started the match in the first 11 squad. It was stated that Temiz made a coupon saying “the opposing team wins” and deposited 100 lira, and won the bet he placed on his own competition.
In the article, it was stated that the suspect Furkan Demir, who was a member of Nesine, was a player at 1877 Alemdağspor Club on April 8, 2021, started the match in the first 11 and made a coupon saying “the opposing team wins” and deposited 200 lira into the coupon, and stated that he won the bet he placed on his own competition but lost the bet coupon. In the article, it was explained that Demir had coupons on which he bet on different competitions or sports other than his own competition.
In the evaluations made about the suspect Mustafa Çeçenoğlu, it is stated in the article that the suspect, who played the coupon on June 30, 2020, was a player of Menemen Football Club on those dates, entered the game in the 83rd minute and made a coupon saying “the opponent team wins the first half and the match result”, and that Çeçenoğlu, who was in the first 11 of the match in which he was a player of Denizlispor Football Club on January 23, 2023, said that the opponent team would win by at least 2 margins. It was emphasized that he made coupons.
In the article, it was stated that Çeçenoğlu deposited 100 lira on the coupon dated June 30, 2020, lost the bet he placed on his own competition and the coupon on which the bet was placed, and deposited 1500 lira on the coupon he placed on January 23, 2023, won the bet on his own competition, but lost the coupon on which the bet was placed.
In the continuation of the news published by Anadolu Agency, it was stated that in the examination of the suspect’s digital materials, it was determined that he had accessed the illegal betting site named “Holiganbet” in his internet history.
HE MADE A COUPON IN FAVOR OF THE OPPOSING TEAM
In the article, it is stated that the suspect Gökhan Payal made 4 coupons in favor of the opposing team, according to Nesine data, and it was noted that Payal, an Anagold 24 Erzincanspor player, started the match as a substitute, entered the game at different minutes and made a total of 4 different coupons saying “the opposing team wins” on September 10 and October 8, 2023.
It was stated that Payal deposited a total of 440 liras, including 200 liras, 100 liras, 90 liras and 50 liras, on the coupons in question, and lost the bet she placed on her own competition and the coupon on which the bet was placed.
In the article, it was stated that it was understood that the suspect Bahattin Berke Demircan made 2 coupons in favor of the opponent team in the Nesine data, and it was noted that when he made a coupon on May 9, 2021, he was a Beykoz Anatolian player, started the match as a substitute, entered the game in the 74th minute and made 2 different coupons saying “the opponent team wins”.
It was stated that Demircan deposited 90 lira, 30 and 60 lira, on the coupons on May 9, 2021, and won the bets he placed on his own competition, but lost the bets.
In the article, it was stated that the suspect Doğukan Çınar, according to Nesine data, was a player of Tekirdağspor Club on October 14, 2020, started the match as a substitute, entered the game in the 57th minute, and made a bet as “double chance draw” or “the opposing team wins”, which is a betting type that covers two different outcomes of the match.
In the article, it was stated that Çınar deposited 50 liras on this coupon, bet on his own competition and won 591 liras from the coupon on which the bet was placed. In the examination of Çınar’s digital materials, there were coupon images made on the illegal betting site named bets10, Kralbet, and the password and login information of the sites named bets10, Casibom, Kralbet, Jojobet were detected.
In the article, it was stated that the suspect Ergün Nazlı, according to Nesine data, played for Serikspor Football Club on November 13, 2022, started the match as a substitute, entered the game in the 72nd minute and made a coupon saying “the opposing team wins”, deposited 30 lira into the coupon, won the bet he placed on his own competition, but lost the coupon.
According to the Nesine data of the suspect Hamit Bayraktar, it is stated in the article that he was a player at Karpedo Dondurma Kahramanmaraşspor Club on November 27, 2021, that he started the match as a substitute and entered the game in the 46th minute and made a coupon saying “the opposing team wins by two difference”. It was emphasized that there was a web history of accessing the sites.
In the article, it was stated that the suspect Hüseyin Aybars Tüfekci made a bet on Nesine data on April 8, 2021. It was stated that the suspect, who is a player at Karaman Football Club, started the match as a substitute, entered the game in the 82nd minute and made a bet saying “the opposing team wins”, deposited 100 liras into the bet, and lost the bet he made on his own competition and the bet bet.
In the evaluations made about the suspect İlke Tankul, it was noted that according to Nesine data, the suspect, who made 3 coupons in favor of the opposing team, was a Gümüşhane Sportif Eylemler AŞ player on December 30, 2020, started the match as a substitute, entered the game in the 88th minute and made a coupon saying “the opposing team wins”.
In the article, it is stated that the suspect Tankul deposited 400 liras into the coupon on December 30, 2020, lost the bet he made on his own competition and the coupon on which the bet was placed, deposited 250 liras on the coupon on April 7, 2021, and lost the bet on his own competition and the coupon on which the bet was placed. was stated.
COUPONS FOR ILLEGAL BETTING SITES WERE FOUND
Examination of suspect Tankul’s digital materials also revealed that there were images of coupons made on legal betting sites and illegal betting sites named bets10, hooliganbet, bestmove.
In the article, it was stated that the suspect Mert Aktaş, according to Nesine data, played for Silivrispor on the date of his coupon on September 22, 2024, started the match as a substitute, entered the game in the 62nd minute and made a coupon saying “the opposing team wins”.
In the article, it is stated that Aktaş deposited 30 liras on this coupon and lost the bet he made on his own competition and the coupon on which the bet was placed. It was stated that in the examination of his digital materials, there were login information for the illegal betting site named matbet, web history showing that he accessed illegal betting sites named metbet, palazzobet, norabahis, and coupon images of illegal betting sites named matbet and jojobet.
In the article, it was explained that İsmail Karakaş played in Edirnespor on the date of the coupon he made on January 30, 2022, in the Nesine data, started the match as a substitute, entered the game in the 84th minute and made a coupon saying “the opposing team wins”, deposited 50 lira into the coupon, won the bet he made on his own competition, but lost the bet coupon.
According to Nesine data, the suspect Tufan Kelleci stated that he made 3 coupons in favor of the opposing team, that he was a Sivas Dört Eylül Futbol AŞ player on the coupon date of September 14, 2022, that he started the match in the first 11 squad and made a coupon stating that the opponent team wins.
In the article, it was emphasized that the suspect Kelleci was a Tarsus İdman Yurdu player on the coupon date of February 13, 2022, that he started the match as a substitute, entered the game in the 57th minute and made a coupon saying “the opposing team wins”, deposited 300 lira in the coupon on September 14, 2022, and lost the bet he placed on his own competition and the bet coupon.
In the article, it was stated that the suspects committed the crime charged by placing individual bets in order to gain personal profit, regardless of the football team they played for, and affecting the outcome of the match.
In the article, arrest was requested for Ergün Nazlı for “match-fixing” and for the other 13 suspects for “opposition to the Law No. 6222 on the Prevention of Violence and Disorder in Sports”.