Yiğit claimed that "Yılmaz and Taner encouraged him to buy Türkbank, and offered him loans from other state banks to ensure that his bid was the highest".
Yiğit erzählte, dass Yılmaz und Taner ihn ermutigt hätten, die Türkbank zu kaufen, und ihm Darlehen anderer Staatsbanken anboten, um den Kauf zu finanzieren.