Minister of Internal Affairs Ali Yerlikaya, in his post on his social media account, said that the “Sarallar” group, led by Özgür Saral, was formed by the Istanbul Provincial Police Department’s Anti-Smuggling and Organized Crime Branch Directorate, under the coordination of the Istanbul Büyükçekmece Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office and the General Directorate of Security’s Anti-Smuggling and Organized Crime (KOM) Directorate. He stated that a Cage Operation was carried out simultaneously in Istanbul and Izmir against the organized crime group known as.
Yerlikaya stated that it was determined that the criminal organization looted the housing estates in the Esenyurt district of Istanbul by threatening the homeowners and tenants with a gun, and shared the following information:
“The criminal organization beat the site residents and private security guards who complained about them to dissuade them from giving up their complaints, carried out acts of plunder against foreign nationals, rented the flats to other persons by preparing false documents without the consent and knowledge of the property owners in the sites, committed the crime of theft from the house within the site, and went to entertainment venues.” “It was determined that they deliberately attempted to kill by carrying out an armed attack and deliberately endangered the general security, carried out prostitution activities by threatening the residents of the site, and committed the crimes of attempting to injure with a weapon in Sarıyer and Beyoğlu.”
Minister Ali Yerlikaya stated that 24 suspects, including the leader of the organization, Saral, who formed an organization to commit crimes, posed a threat to public security and peace by committing the detected crimes, and were involved in acts of intimidation, oppression and violence throughout Istanbul, were detained and the organized crime organization was collapsed.
