Striking development in the fund scandal: Criminal complaint filed against Erdoğan, Mehmet Şimşek, and Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya

Tacettin Çolak, Deputy Secretary General of the People's Liberation Party (HKP), announced that they have filed a criminal complaint with the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office regarding the fund crisis against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Treasury and Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek, AKP Deputy Chair Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya—who has resigned from her post—and her husband İlyas Kaya, as well as executives from the Capital Markets Board, the Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency, the Financial Crimes Investigation Board, and certain company executives.

In his statement, Çolak raised allegations that market manipulation was carried out on the stock exchange through a fund named TERA, affecting the savings of approximately 500 thousand citizens.

HIGH EARNINGS MUST ALSO BE INVESTIGATED

Tacettin Çolak argued that the 163 million Turkish Lira allegedly invested in the stock market by Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya, who requested to be relieved of her duties within the AKP, and the high earnings she reportedly obtained in a short period, must also be investigated.

Claiming that the relevant state institutions failed to fulfill their supervisory duties, Çolak reported that they filed a criminal complaint against 10 suspects, including executives of the fund companies and officials serving in public institutions.

Çolak stated, "The People's Liberation Party will continue, as it has until now, to defend public property and protect the rights of the underprivileged against all injustices, corruption, profiteering, and plunder."