Turkey detains 27 in Kemer over 10 billion lira treasury land fraud
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Turkish authorities detained 27 suspects on August 24 in a probe into the fraudulent transfer of treasury land in Kemer, Antalya, worth 10 billion lira. The operation targeted 21 addresses across Antalya, Adana, Burdur, Isparta and Nevşehir. The Antalya Chief Public Prosecutor's Office launched the investigation after findings that state-owned properties were transferred to specific individuals and families without legal basis.
Key Facts
- The investigation covers 80 treasury properties with an economic value reaching 10 billion Turkish lira.
- The operation on August 24 targeted 27 suspects, including National Property personnel, a land registry director, current and former neighborhood headmen, and civilians.
- Simultaneous raids were conducted at 21 addresses in Kemer, Kepez, and Konyaaltı districts of Antalya, as well as in Adana, Burdur, Isparta, and Nevşehir.
- Investigators seized various amounts of foreign currency and Turkish lira during the operation.
Investigation Findings
The Antalya Chief Public Prosecutor's Office launched the investigation after findings that treasury properties in Kemer were transferred to specific individuals and family circles despite the absence of ownership rights, actual use, and sales conditions, or despite existing legal and factual obstacles to sale. Evidence gathered from MASAK and bank data, HTS and base station records, land registry movements, ministry inspector and preliminary examination reports, expert reports, property sales files, technical and physical surveillance, and phone tapping was meticulously examined. The findings indicate that the events cannot be explained as isolated administrative errors or independent irregularities, but rather show continuous transaction, communication, money, and property relationships between public officials and civilian beneficiaries, carried out within an organizational structure.
Organizational Structure
According to current evidence, the structure operated under the direction and coordination of National Property Expert Gökhan K. in Kemer. National Property personnel played roles in identifying properties, determining users and rights holders, preparing sales files, evaluating obstacles to sale, and registration processes, while the civilian side identified suitable individuals, acquired properties, transferred them among family or connected persons, and kept the economic benefit within the relevant circle. Tape recordings include a conversation between suspect Gökhan K. and M. K. in which they discuss acting on declaration without conducting citizen verification in agricultural discounted sales transactions. This conversation is considered important as it shows the suspect's own admission that transactions were carried out without properly investigating the actual use and ownership conditions that are decisive for sale.
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Turkey detains 27 in Kemer over 10 billion lira treasury land fraud
