In the Ankara-based Süleymancılar investigation, the number of remands rose to 100, while judicial control measures apply to 26 suspects.
The operation had been launched on 13 August on the basis of MASAK reports and financial surveillance work, and trustees had been appointed to more than 100 companies and associations. Alihan Kuriş had been caught in a hidden compartment, while more than 200 kilograms of gold bars and cash had been seized in his brother Hilmi Tuna Kuriş's warehouses.