This story is from 18 September 2026.
Justice Minister Akın Gürlek announced an operation against a network allegedly defrauding foreign nationals through call centers.
In the operation, raids were conducted on 42 call centers and a finance office. It was determined that the network reached a transaction volume of 13 billion lira in two years and obtained more than $3 billion in illicit gains from victims. The Justice Ministry announced that assets worth 1.5 billion lira were seized.
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Istanbul Governor Davut Gül said 2 people died in the collapsed 7-storey building in Maltepe and work was under way to reach 3 people under the rubble. Eleven people, including three children, were rescued from the rubble.
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+2: To Vima and Al Jazeera English +3: DW Türkçe, To Vima and Al Jazeera English Adil Katılım Bank Chair Ali Emre Ballı, whose statement was taken in the fund probe, was found dead in Çekmeköy in his car with a gunshot wound to the head. Some documents were claimed to have been in his vehicle.
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+7: Evrensel, Nefes, İlke TV, soL Haber, Cumhuriyet, BirGün and Tele2 Haber +8: Sözcü, Evrensel, Nefes, İlke TV, soL Haber, Cumhuriyet, BirGün and Tele2 Haber 95 suspects were detained in an operation coordinated by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office targeting international investment fraud networks.
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+5: Nefes, BirGün, Oda TV, İlke TV and Yeniçağ +6: Cumhuriyet, Nefes, BirGün, Oda TV, İlke TV and Yeniçağ The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office prepared an indictment against Yılmaz Efe and Ali Yaşar Koz, the owners of the venue called Kütüphane raided in a drug operation in December 2025. The indictment alleged that the owners allowed drug use.
In yesterday's "Huzur Istanbul" operation in Istanbul, 640 people wanted for various crimes were caught and 546 people were taken into custody.
After three floors of a seven-storey building collapsed in Istanbul, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB) data shows the city has 1,238 buildings at risk of collapsing on their own.
In the Ankara-based Süleymancılar investigation, the number of remands rose to 100, while judicial control measures apply to 26 suspects.
Justice Minister Akın Gürlek said they will submit the prepared package on lifetime alimony to the Turkish parliament.
Justice Minister Akın Gürlek announced that 20 people had been arrested in manipulative trading investigations and that 51 people had been banned from leaving the country. In Istanbul's fresh fruit and vegetable pricing investigation, all 40 suspects referred to court were arrested.
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+3: Al-Monitor, Asharq Al-Awsat and Financial Times +4: BBC Türkçe, Al-Monitor, Asharq Al-Awsat and Financial Times Istanbul's 33rd High Criminal Court accepted and merged with the main case a 195-page supplementary indictment against 29 people, including jailed İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB) Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, in the Ağaç ve Peyzaj AŞ investigation; the number of defendants rose to 435 and the number of alleged acts to 155.
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+7: Cumhuriyet, Evrensel, Oda TV, Yeniçağ, BirGün, Nefes and Gerçek Gündem +8: Sözcü, Cumhuriyet, Evrensel, Oda TV, Yeniçağ, BirGün, Nefes and Gerçek Gündem In the investigation into the 2011 death of Kaşif Kozinoğlu at Silivri Prison, retired officials Hasan Ataman Yıldırım and Hasan Atilla Uğur were placed under house arrest on charges of "intentional killing," while then-Silivri Chief Public Prosecutor Ali İşgören and prison prosecutor Necip Doğan were referred to a magistrate's court with a request for arrest on charges of "membership in a criminal organization."
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+4: Cumhuriyet, Yeniçağ, Nefes and Aykırı +5: Tele2 Haber, Cumhuriyet, Yeniçağ, Nefes and Aykırı President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said at the ceremony "We are in the Champions League of aviation" and noted that passenger numbers on domestic and international flights rose from 34.5 million in 2002 to more than 247 million in 2025. Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu said the 2,820-meter runway is the first built on an east-west axis.
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