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Authorities detained 230 individuals in simultaneous operations targeting organized fraud crime networks across 12 provinces in Türkiye, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced Monday.
The operations were conducted under the coordination of public prosecutors and the Gendarmerie General Command’s Departments of Anti-Smuggling and Organized Crime (KOM) and Cyber Crimes.
The operations targeted 12 separate organized criminal groups and involved provincial Gendarmerie Command units in the provinces of Hatay, Gaziantep, Konya, Mugla, Tokat, Aydin, Tekirdag, Amasya, Giresun, Sanliurfa, Ordu, and Corum.
According to Yerlikaya, the suspects' accounts revealed a financial transaction volume of ₺3.15 billion ($78.9 million). Among the 230 suspects detained, 93 have been formally arrested and 100 placed under judicial supervision, with legal proceedings for the remaining suspects ongoing.
The detainees are being investigated for multiple charges, including:
The Financial Crimes Investigation Board (MASAK) has reported the seizure of nine properties, 27 vehicles, one shop, two plots of land, and bank accounts valued at ₺2 million.
In the course of the operations, authorities confiscated unlicensed firearms, various amounts of narcotics, cash, promissory notes, credit and bank cards, computers, mobile phones, and digital materials.
Minister Yerlikaya made the announcement through his social media account, providing details of the coordinated law enforcement action.
"We detained 230 suspects with ₺3.15 billion transaction volume in their accounts during operations conducted by our Gendarmerie against 12 separate fraud-based organized crime groups in 12 provinces," Yerlikaya stated.
The minister congratulated governors, the chief prosecutor's offices that coordinated the operations, provincial gendarmerie commanders, gendarmerie personnel, and MASAK employees involved in the operations.
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