Interior Ministry: 63 wanted persons from 8 countries extradited to Türkiye; Hikmet Tuğsuz and Cengizhan Yurdutek on list

Interior Minister Mustafa Çiftçi announced that between September 23 and October 23, 2026, a total of 63 persons—33 with red notices and 30 wanted at national level—were brought to Türkiye from 8 countries. According to the ministry statement, 49 of those extradited came from Georgia, 5 from Germany, 3 from Greece, 2 from Kyrgyzstan; and one person each from Bulgaria, Moldova, Northern Cyprus, and Montenegro.

The list features names recognized by the public. In addition to Kerimcan Elalmış, a member of the Yakşiler crime organization who first gained public attention, Hikmet Tuğsuz, known from the Survivor competition, and Cengizhan Yurdutek, an actor from the Sıfır Bir series, were among those extradited.

Hikmet Tuğsuz was apprehended in Georgia on September 25, 2025. Tuğsuz had eight separate arrest warrants issued against him since June 17, 2025, on charges of unlawfully obtaining or disseminating personal data, intentional injury, simple injury, defamation, aggravated fraud, and insulting the president.

Cengizhan Yurdutek was apprehended in Montenegro on October 10, 2026, and extradited. Yurdutek had been wanted with six separate arrest warrants since June 24, 2025, on charges of intentional injury, simple injury, trafficking in or provision of narcotic or stimulant substances, and violation of Law No. 7258.

The operation was conducted jointly by the Directorate General of Police's Interpol-Europol Department Head, officials from the Justice Ministry, and the heads of the Public Order, Intelligence, Narcotics, Cybercrime, and Organized Crime departments.