{"id":281996,"date":"2026-01-26T11:26:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T11:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/?p=281996"},"modified":"2026-01-26T11:26:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T11:26:59","slug":"who-was-shown-the-only-red-card-in-the-secil-erzan-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/who-was-shown-the-only-red-card-in-the-secil-erzan-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Was Given the Only Red Card in the Se\u00e7il Erzan Case?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The case of Se\u00e7il 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.<\/p>\n<p>There is a million-dollar financial traffic, involving the country's most famous football players, coaches, figures called \u201cemperors\u201d, the branch and senior management system of a major bank...<\/p>\n<p>But the picture presented to the public is that the blame lies solely with Se\u00e7il Erzan.<\/p>\n<p>There are dozens of players on the field, a technical committee in the dugout, a giant bank in the stands...<br \/>\nBut only one person gets a red card.<br \/>\nWhat justice, what soccer?<\/p>\n<h3><strong>\u201cWhat's Fatmag\u00fcl's crime?\u201d<\/strong> that's what it's all about<\/h3>\n<p>In this dossier, Se\u00e7il Erzan literally describes the system's <strong>\u201cFatmag\u00fcl\u201d<\/strong> has been declared.<br \/>\nIn a mechanism that everyone knows, everyone talks about, everyone is involved,<br \/>\nthe only name that was declared guilty: a mid-level bank employee.<\/p>\n<p>Really?<\/p>\n<p>O <strong>\u201cbig brothers\u201d, \u201cemperors\u201d,<\/strong> who hand-delivered millions of dollars,<br \/>\nexecutives who have not seen this traffic inside the bank for years...<br \/>\nThey are all innocent, they are all naive, they are all deceived<br \/>\nIs only Se\u00e7il Erzan an evil genius?<\/p>\n<p>The banking system in Turkey is very strange:<br \/>\nIf you hit the target, you're great, you're applauded.<br \/>\nIf you make money, you're a star.<br \/>\nBut if the system collapses, everyone will be white and you alone will be black.<\/p>\n<h3>The world of soccer: Victim or partner?<\/h3>\n<p>The names in the file are obvious:<br \/>\nFatih Terim<br \/>\nArda Turan<br \/>\nFernando Muslera<br \/>\nEmre Bel\u00f6zo\u011flu<br \/>\nSelcuk Inan<br \/>\nAnd others<\/p>\n<p>Some of it may be really damaged.<br \/>\nBut according to media reports, most of them got their money back, some even more.<\/p>\n<p>Then the question is:<br \/>\nAre you a victim if you got your money back, or did you \u201cplay the victim\u201d when you lost a risky game?<\/p>\n<p>People who hand over millions of dollars, who do business without contracts, who don't enter the official system...<br \/>\nAnd then when it went wrong: <strong>\u201cWe have been deceived.\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen there's so much money involved,<br \/>\none mastermind, one organizer, one criminal<br \/>\nIs it really just Se\u00e7il Erzan?<\/p>\n<h3>102 years: At what cost and to whom?<\/h3>\n<p>Those who commit murder can be released after 15-20 years.<br \/>\nThose who commit violence against women are released after serving a few years.<br \/>\nEven drug lords are being released by negotiation.<br \/>\nBut for a financial crime,<br \/>\nand most of the victims got their money back,<br \/>\n102 years in prison for a woman.<br \/>\nThis is no longer law, it is show punishment.<br \/>\nSociety<strong> \u201cLook, he's been found guilty\u201d<\/strong> is the theater of saying.<br \/>\nThe system was cleared, the bank was cleared, celebrities were cleared.<br \/>\nAll that's left<strong> \u201cguilty\u201d<\/strong> left.<\/p>\n<p>The outcome is clear:<br \/>\nThis case is no longer a fraud case,<br \/>\nIt has become a case of the system vindicating itself.<br \/>\nThe only red card was shown to Se\u00e7il Erzan.<br \/>\nBut in this game there were many fouls,<br \/>\nbut for the stands to applaud<br \/>\nonly one was ejected from the field.<br \/>\nThis is not justice.<br \/>\nThis is the art of scapegoating.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This case has gone from being a case of fraud to a case of self-exoneration of the 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