(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Ahmet Mahmut Ünlü, the leader of an İstanbul-based religious community, was detained on Friday as part of a police operation against a gang known as Karagümrük.
Ten others, including a woman who was named best model in Turkey in 2007, Ünlü's driver and a bodyguard were earlier detained as part of the same operation carried out by the İstanbul Police Department's Organized Crime Unit.
Last summer, a video was posted on the Internet that appeared to show Ünlü sleeping with a foreign sex worker.
According to police, Ünlü's driver and bodyguard asked the Karagümrük gang to find those who posted the controversial video. The driver and the bodyguard, whose names were not revealed, were detained when police tapped their phone conversations with gang members.
The gang had reportedly hired Neslihan Önder, named best model in Turkey in 2007, to help them obtain personal information from and blackmail businessman. Two brothers, Nuri and Vedat Ergin, who are currently in jail, established the Karagümrük gang.
The 11 suspects were brought to Beşiktaş Courthouse in İstanbul on Friday to be interrogated by Prosecutor Mehmet Ali Uysal, who is overseeing the probe.
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9 December 2011 - 20:30
News ID: 283076
The 11 suspects were brought to Beşiktaş Courthouse in İstanbul on Friday to be interrogated by Prosecutor Mehmet Ali Uysal, who is overseeing the probe.
