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Friday, 18 September, Türkiye's Agenda: Market volatility and judicial files
The Capital Markets Board (SPK) assigned İş Bank and Ziraat Bank to liquidate 130 funds belonging to seven portfolio companies; the BIST 100 closed the week at 13,284 points, down 8.18%. Justice Minister Akın Gürlek announced that 20 people were arrested in investigations into manipulative transactions and that 51 people were banned from traveling abroad.
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In the judicial agenda, four people were referred to Silivri Courthouse in the investigation into former intelligence agency MİT official Kaşif Kozinoğlu. The Istanbul 33rd Heavy Penal Court accepted the additional indictment of 29 people, including arrested President Ekrem İmamoğlu, in the investigation into Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB) subsidiaries, merging it with the main case; the number of defendants rose to 435.
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In foreign policy, US Ambassador to Ankara Tom Barrack announced that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and US President Donald Trump will meet in New York.
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Thursday, 17 September, Türkiye's Agenda: Fund Market Liquidation Decisions, Investigations and New Data
The Capital Markets Board suspended trading in the funds traded on TEFAS of seven portfolio companies. According to the ForInvest account, liquidation decisions were taken for 130 funds, and the Financial Stability Committee, which met in extraordinary session under Treasury and Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek, reported that the problem was limited and manageable.
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On the judicial and security front, four detention orders were issued in the investigation into the 2011 death of Kaşif Kozinoğlu. The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office announced it had blocked access to 419 social media accounts, and arrests continued in the missing baby investigation in Sivas.
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At 22:00 in the evening, Beşiktaş hosts Marseille in the Europa League on TRT 1.
Sharp fall on the stock market, the Istanbul Municipality case and the CHP congress
The BIST 100 index on Borsa Istanbul closed down 5.54%, and it was announced that the Financial Stability Committee would meet on the morning of 17 September. On the same day the US Federal Reserve raised its interest rate by 25 basis points, while Şimşek said disinflation was not proceeding at the desired pace and Özel proposed scrapping fuel taxes.
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In the judiciary and politics, statements from defendants released without arrest in the Istanbul Municipality case were taken, and CHP spokesman Sarı said the legal obstacle to the congress was removed with the withdrawal of the appeal in the absolute nullity case. Arrests and social media access bans stemming from the investigations in Istanbul and Izmir were also on the agenda.
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In sports and culture, the 2027 Formula 1 calendar, Beşiktaş and Trabzonspor news and Münir Canar's death were covered.
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