Alper Çelik: Ahbap donations rotted in warehouses, accounts used for betting

Alper Çelik, who was arrested in the Ahbap Association investigation, said he wants to benefit from effective remorse provisions. In his testimony, Çelik stated that Haluk Levent used his accounts for betting and stock market transactions, and that some goods bought with donations rotted in warehouses.

Scraper SystemJuly 19, 2026, 11:33 AM

Alper Çelik: Ahbap donations rotted in warehouses, accounts used for betting

The testimony of Alper Çelik, a co-founder of the Ahbap Association who was arrested as part of the investigation, has emerged. Çelik, who has a criminal record for 'qualified theft', 'fraud', 'using unpaid bills' and 'illegal betting', stated that he wants to benefit from effective remorse provisions.

In his testimony, Çelik said that Haluk Levent used his accounts for betting and stock market transactions. He recounted that he asked Levent whether the money was association money, but Levent told him that 'such a thing was never the case, and that he played the stock market and bet with loans he took from friends'.

Alper Çelik stated that he lent money to Haluk Levent and is owed money. He said that Levent sometimes sent him to a currency exchange office in the Grand Bazaar, had him collect foreign currency and Turkish lira from there, and then deposited this money into the accounts he used to make betting and stock market payments.

Çelik said he knows that some goods purchased with donations rotted in warehouses and did not reach the necessary places. He claimed that Deniz, who works in the association's purchasing unit, was aware of this situation.

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MASAK report: 279 million TL betting transfer

According to MASAK data included in the case file, a total of 279,367,817 lira was transferred from Alper Çelik's accounts to the D Elektronik Şans Oyunları account in 6,126 transactions. A total of 89,090,663 lira was returned from the betting company to Çelik's account in 1,894 transactions. The report stated that Çelik placed and lost 190,270,000 lira worth of bets on this platform.

A total of 3,047,567 lira was sent to Merit Kıbrıs Turizm Limited in 9 transactions between August 13, 2023 and July 20, 2024. Çelik said that Haluk Levent personally asked him to deposit money into this account during the periods when he went to Cyprus.

Alper Çelik: Ahbap donations rotted in warehouses, accounts used for betting