Nationality Turkish — Finance / Tera Yatırım

Emre Tezmen

Updated on 15 November 2026

Founder and chairman of Turkish brokerage Tera Yatırım, implicated in a 2026 fund investigation.

Emre Tezmen founded Tera Yatırım, a brokerage group involved in Turkey’s September 2026 investment-fund crisis. Regulators ordered 131 funds across several managers into liquidation. Tezmen was remanded in custody during an investigation into suspected market manipulation and financial fraud. No personal conviction was identified by the research date.

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September 23, 2026

2026: pre-trial detention in the investigation into Tera-linked funds and the liquidation of 131 funds

Formally charged

In September 2026 several Turkish fund managers, including Tera Portföy, could not meet redemption requests; the markets regulator ordered the liquidation of 131 funds from seven managers, affecting more than 450,000 investors. Emre Tezmen, founder of Tera Yatırım, was remanded in custody on 23 September with other executives, in an investigation into suspected market manipulation, fraud and asset transfers.

State of the evidence: Detention reported by Euronews and the Financial Times; the individual detention order was not available.
Legal status — source text: Pretrial detention in ongoing proceedings; no trial judgment identified as of November 15, 2026.
Attribution: Alleged involvement in irregular fund transactions and potential misappropriation.

Sources · 3

[1]
EuronewsTurkey arrests Tera chairman as ‘Ponzi-like’ fund probe affects 450,000 investors23 September 2026MediaHigh reliability
[2]
Financial TimesTurkey arrests founder of brokerage at centre of $18bn alleged Ponzi scheme23 September 2026MediaHigh reliability
[3]
Hürriyet Daily NewsBDDK chief Şahap Kavcıoğlu steps down11 November 2026MediaHigh reliability

Last verified: 15 November 2026

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Controversia profile, updated 15 November 2026. Latest version: https://controversia.info/en/fiche/emre-tezmen