Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has lifted the Yurt dışına çıkış yasağı that had restricted Ahlatcı Holding chairman Ahmet Ahlatcı, clearing the way for his planned travel to attend the LBMA Good Delivery meeting in London. The decision ends the judicial control measure originally requested by prosecutors on February 2 and places Ahlatcı back on an international industry stage.
Yurt restriction lifted for Ahlatcı
Istanbul Cumhuriyet Başsavcılığı removed the yurt dışına çıkış yasağı applied to Ahmet Ahlatcı, the chairman of Ahlatcı Holding. Istanbul Sulh Ceza Hakimliği had issued the judicial control measure after the prosecutor’s February 2 request; that initial order is now rescinded. The pattern suggests prosecutors judged the immediate travel bar no longer necessary in the context of the ongoing inquiry.
Ahmet Ahlatcı and LBMA
Ahmet Ahlatcı is scheduled to participate in the LBMA Good Delivery meeting in London; the LBMA system sets international standards for gold and silver bullion quality, purity, weight, production and responsible supply chain rules. LBMA also maintains the Good Delivery List of approved refineries whose bars are accepted by banks and central banks without extra testing. The figures point to why attendance matters for a business group: Ahlatcı Holding operates across 10 different sectors and engagement with LBMA standards can affect acceptance of produced bullion in global markets.
Muğla fire arrests March 5
A separate investigation in Muğla followed a house fire in Turgut Mahallesi that began at about 1: 00 am local on March 5, which is 5: 00 pm ET on March 4. Firefighters, health teams and gendarmerie units responded after neighbors reported the flames. Fire crews found the body of Nazire Kasap inside; her husband Asım Kasap was severely injured and taken to Muğla Eğitim-Araştırma Hastanesi, where he later died. The couple were buried after an autopsy.
Authorities detained five suspects in the Muğla probe: Busenaz K. and her husband Kürşat K., followed by Ümit K., his wife Selda K., and Emre G. Investigators determined the suspects stole gold from the house and then set the fire by pouring gasoline. The pattern suggests investigators treated theft followed by deliberate ignition as the central motive for the fatal blaze.
For both matters, the context does not list the next procedural step: no court date or formal charge filing is confirmed here for the Ahlatcı matter or for the Muğla detainees. Whether prosecutors will file formal charges or set hearings in either case remains the specific open question left by the public details provided.
