The case of Seçil Erzan goes down in history as one of the exemplary cases that show how the justice system in Turkey works with the reflex of producing a single scapegoat.
There is a million-dollar financial traffic, involving the country's most famous football players, coaches, figures called “emperors”, the branch and senior management system of a major bank...
But the picture presented to the public is that the blame lies solely with Seçil Erzan.
There are dozens of players on the field, a technical committee in the dugout, a giant bank in the stands...
But only one person gets a red card.
What justice, what soccer?
“What's Fatmagül's crime?” that's what it's all about
In this dossier, Seçil Erzan literally describes the system's “Fatmagül” has been declared.
In a mechanism that everyone knows, everyone talks about, everyone is involved,
the only name that was declared guilty: a mid-level bank employee.
Really?
O “big brothers”, “emperors”, who hand-delivered millions of dollars,
executives who have not seen this traffic inside the bank for years...
They are all innocent, they are all naive, they are all deceived
Is only Seçil Erzan an evil genius?
The banking system in Turkey is very strange:
If you hit the target, you're great, you're applauded.
If you make money, you're a star.
But if the system collapses, everyone will be white and you alone will be black.
The world of soccer: Victim or partner?
The names in the file are obvious:
Fatih Terim
Arda Turan
Fernando Muslera
Emre Belözoğlu
Selcuk Inan
And others
Some of it may be really damaged.
But according to media reports, most of them got their money back, some even more.
Then the question is:
Are you a victim if you got your money back, or did you “play the victim” when you lost a risky game?
People who hand over millions of dollars, who do business without contracts, who don't enter the official system...
And then when it went wrong: “We have been deceived.”
When there's so much money involved,
one mastermind, one organizer, one criminal
Is it really just Seçil Erzan?
102 years: At what cost and to whom?
Those who commit murder can be released after 15-20 years.
Those who commit violence against women are released after serving a few years.
Even drug lords are being released by negotiation.
But for a financial crime,
and most of the victims got their money back,
102 years in prison for a woman.
This is no longer law, it is show punishment.
Society “Look, he's been found guilty” is the theater of saying.
The system was cleared, the bank was cleared, celebrities were cleared.
All that's left “guilty” left.
The outcome is clear:
This case is no longer a fraud case,
It has become a case of the system vindicating itself.
The only red card was shown to Seçil Erzan.
But in this game there were many fouls,
but for the stands to applaud
only one was ejected from the field.
This is not justice.
This is the art of scapegoating.