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Sibel Can car dispute returns as dealer says he has sought to seize her assets
Singer Sibel Can and car dealer Şahin Mehmet Çelik are still disputing a luxury SUV bought in 2012.
Can said she was sold the vehicle as new, but checks found it was a 2009 model that had been used in the United States.
A consumer court ruled in Can’s favour and ordered 317,000 lira plus interest to be paid to her.
Separately, Çelik was sentenced to four years in prison in a fraud case, but an appeals court overturned that decision and the trial is continuing.
Çelik says he has sought to seize Can’s assets, arguing that the SUV should be returned or its current value paid; he puts that value at about 9 million lira.
Can’s lawyer rejects Çelik’s claim to the vehicle, saying expert findings supported Can’s case against the company.
The criminal case remains ongoing, while the parties continue to disagree about the vehicle and payments.
Sibel Can’s long-running dispute over a luxury car has returned to the courts, with dealer Şahin Mehmet Çelik saying he has sent an enforcement notice to seize her assets.
Çelik says the car should be returned to him and that he would pay Can if it is not returned.
He values the car at about 9 million lira and says it may have been sold in 2020 or 2021.
Can’s lawyer rejects Çelik’s claim, saying Can won her case based on expert reports that the company sold a used car as new.
An earlier criminal conviction against Çelik was overturned on appeal, and the trial is continuing.
- Who
- Singer Sibel Can and car dealer Şahin Mehmet Çelik are involved in the dispute.
- What
- Çelik says he has sent an enforcement notice to seize Can’s assets and seeks the return of the car or its current value.
- When
- The dispute began in 2012; the latest developments were reported on 28 and 29 October 2026.
- Where
- The case has involved courts in Istanbul, Turkey.
- Why
- Can said the car she bought as new was actually used; Çelik says the car was not returned to him and that he is entitled to payment.
Sibel Can and her lawyer
Şahin Mehmet Çelik
Car sale
Sibel Can and her lawyer
Can’s lawyer says expert reports showed the company sold a used car as new, and that Can won her case.
Şahin Mehmet Çelik
Çelik says the car should be returned to him and that he would pay Can if it is not returned.
Enforcement claim
Sibel Can and her lawyer
Can’s lawyer says Çelik has no legally protected interest.
Şahin Mehmet Çelik
Çelik says court decisions make him a creditor and that he has sent an enforcement notice to Can.
Criminal case
Sibel Can and her lawyer
Can’s complaint led to a four-year prison sentence for Çelik, according to the articles.
Şahin Mehmet Çelik
Çelik’s conviction was overturned on appeal, and he says the appeal process found no irregularities in the vehicles.
Can bought a luxury car as new, and the dispute began after it was found to be a 2009 model previously used in the United States.
Can filed a complaint, and a court later sentenced Çelik to four years in prison and an 80,000-lira judicial fine.
Istanbul Regional Court of Appeal’s 21st Criminal Chamber overturned the ruling, saying the evidence needed to be examined again.
Habertürk reported Çelik’s claim that he had sent an enforcement notice and valued the car at about 9 million lira.
- Car purchase
- 2012
- Car model year
- 2009
- Consumer court award
- 317,000 lira plus interest
- Initial criminal sentence
- 4 years in prison and an 80,000-lira judicial fine
- Dealer’s claimed current car value
- About 9 million lira
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What people are saying
This case vehicle is still ready at customs.
A person being tried for fraud has no legally protected interest.