The operation targeted numerous well-known figures as part of a drug investigation conducted by the Bakırköy Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office.
Detention orders were issued for 18 suspects, including actors, singers, businesspeople, business operators and social media influencers.
Aras Bulut İynemli, Melis Sezen and Sefo are among those listed
Those detained in the operation include Aras Bulut İynemli, Seyfullah Sağır (Sefo), Melis Sezen, Nilperi Şahinkaya and former footballer Hasan Şaş.
The names of the 15 people detained are as follows:
Aras Bulut İynemli
Seyfullah Sağır (Sefo)
Melis Sezen
Nilperi Şahinkaya
Hande Demir
Hasan Şaş
Melis İşiten
Yeliz Yeşilçimen
Anıl Durmuş
Hazal Filiz Küçükköse
Volkan Akçıray
Zeynep Akçıray
Eda Güzelcik
Sezer Çakır
Sayat Zurnacı
Detention orders issued for 18 people
The Bakırköy Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office instructed the Istanbul Provincial Gendarmerie Command to carry out detention, search, biological examination and statement-taking procedures for a total of 18 suspects as part of the investigation.
Fifteen of the 18 people subject to the orders have been detained. Procedures concerning the other suspects are continuing.
Statement from the prosecutor’s office
In a statement, the Bakırköy Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office said the investigation was being conducted over allegations that drugs and stimulants had been used, that their use had been facilitated or that premises had been provided for such use.
The prosecutor’s office said evidence supporting reasonable suspicion regarding these allegations had been obtained against the suspects and that instructions for the operation were issued as a result.
Biological examinations will be conducted
As part of the operation, searches of the suspects’ addresses and biological examinations were also ordered.
After their statements are taken, the suspects are expected to be brought before the Bakırköy Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office as part of the investigation.
Investigation continues
Judicial proceedings related to the operation carried out on the morning of September 18, 2026, are continuing. The allegations against the suspects remain under investigation, and the decisions to be made by the prosecutor’s office following the detentions are expected to become clear.
