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Tera Portföy declares default in two funds, payment periods extended in six funds

Photo: Ekonomim

This story is from 16 September 2026.

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On the evening of September 16, as Borsa Istanbul (BIST) fell sharply, Tera Portföy declared a payment default in its THF and TP2 funds. Unit share value in six free funds, including TLY, will now be calculated on the 15th of each month, with sale proceeds paid on the 10th business day.

The new rules will apply to redemption requests after 13:31 on September 16. TLY has shares of over 102,000 investors worth 243.6 billion lira. The company said it made the regulation to manage intense redemption requests and liquidity risk.

Tera Portföy declares default in two funds, payment periods extended in six funds

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+2: BirGün and Evrensel +3: Cumhuriyet, BirGün and Evrensel

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Independent Ekonomim and Karar focused on the technical content of the disclosures, noting that the default does not mean the fund's collapse but that investors could not access their money within the expected timeframe, and that fund size data varied between 224 and 243 billion lira across different platforms.
Opposition Cumhuriyet, Halk TV, BirGün and Evrensel highlighted a statement by Tera Holding Chairman Emre Tezmen referencing President Erdoğan and describing the process as a "speculative attack"; they presented Tezmen's defense of a "temporary liquidity shortage" with skepticism.

Fund Investigation News Series

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  1. İsmail Saymaz, Murat Ağırel and Şaban Sevinç to testify in fund probe Istanbul's Chief Public Prosecutor's Office ordered journalists İsmail Saymaz, Murat Ağırel and Şaban Sevinç to give statements as suspects as part of its fund investigation.
  2. Fund crisis inquiry motions rejected by AK Party and MHP votes Yeni Yol, CHP, İYİ Party and DEM Party's Turkish Grand National Assembly (TBMM) inquiry motions on the fund crisis were rejected by votes from AK Party and MHP lawmakers.
  3. 10-article bill on liquidation of 131 funds due in Turkish parliament next week A 10-article interim bill for the 131 funds placed under liquidation is planned to go to the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TBMM) next week. The funds total about 1 trillion lira (TL).
  4. YENİ Party's Ümit Özlale names two ministers in fund crisis YENİ Party İzmir deputy Ümit Özlale called on Turkish Trade Minister Ömer Bolat and Turkish Family and Social Services Minister Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş to disclose fund transactions.
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