ISTANBUL, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Turkish prosecutors

ordered the detention of leading businessman Turgay Ciner and

the seizure of some companies from his mining-to-energy

conglomerate Ciner Group, under an investigation into media

company Can Holding which bought TV channels from Ciner.

On September 11, prosecutors ordered the seizure of Can

Holding's companies under an investigation into money

laundering, tax evasion and organised crime.

Can Holding acquired major television channels Haberturk,

Show TV and Bloomberg HT from Ciner Group late last year.

The Istanbul chief prosecutor's office said in a statement

reported by state-owned Anadolu news agency that the

acquisitions were suspected of involving money laundering and

that it had issued an arrest warrant for Turgay Ciner on Sunday.

The prosecutor's statement also said state trustees had been

appointed to manage Ciner's Park Holding and affiliated

companies AFC Import Export Tourism, Zeyfa Import Export and

Silopi Electric Production Inc.

Detention warrants were also issued for 10 executives of

companies linked to the group as part of the investigation, the

statement said.

Reuters tried to contact Turgay Ciner via Ciner Group and

Park Holding but nobody from the company was immediately

available to comment.