Erdogan's ex-adviser Ertan Aydın named suspect in fund probe

Sözcü columnist İsmail Saymaz wrote that Ertan Aydın, former adviser to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, is a suspect in the fund investigation and faces an overseas travel ban.

At the request of the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, Istanbul 11th Criminal Judgeship of Peace imposed overseas travel bans on 37 people, including Aydın, on 26 September. Aydın faces accusations of violating the Capital Markets Law and membership in an organization founded to commit crimes.

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2 Oct 2026 16:21 Erdogan's ex-adviser Ertan Aydın named suspect in fund probe Sözcü columnist İsmail Saymaz wrote that Ertan Aydın, former adviser to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, is a suspect in the fund investigation and faces an overseas travel ban.

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