Titanic Hotels Chairman Aygün Surrenders in Sarıgül Investigation

Mehmet Aygün, chairman of the board of the AYG Companies Group and Titanic Hotels chain, surrendered in connection with the money laundering investigation being conducted by the Istanbul Chief Prosecutor's Office. An arrest warrant had been issued against him.

The investigation is linked to a file being pursued against the Sarıgül family. In operations carried out the previous day, 12 people were taken into custody, including Sofu Altınbaş, chairman of Altınbaş Holding, and Temel Aygün, deputy chairman of the board of Titanic Hotels.

Within the scope of the file, the sons of New Party Erzincan Deputy Mustafa Sarıgül, Emir and Ömer Sarıgül, as well as his former wife Aylin Kotil; journalists Murat Ağırel, Özgür Bölükbaşı, Sadullah Ergün, Selim Daşdemir, Volkan Aslanbaş, Zekai Erdem, Zekeriya Yasemin, Bayram Özata, Caner Baş, Cavidan Tanrah Artuner, Cihan Durak, Cihat Salman, and Mehmet Ali Aslan had previously been arrested. Cemil Vasken Barın and Uğur Kurtulan were released under judicial supervision, while Cihan Tunç, Çağlar Sezgin, and Ümit İlker Avcı were arrested; Mustafa Sarıgül's bodyguards Beşir Ömer Demir and Atakan Eren were placed under house arrest.