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AK Party drops inquiry plan into fund scandal

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Latest in the series İsmail Saymaz, Murat Ağırel and Şaban Sevinç to testify in fund probe

Hürriyet columnist Abdulkadir Selvi wrote that the AK Party had dropped plans to set up a parliamentary inquiry commission into the fund scandal. Selvi corrected himself, recalling that he had said in earlier columns that a commission would be formed.

Selvi quoted AK Party officials as saying, "The judiciary is conducting its investigation, the State Supervisory Council has stepped in. There is nothing for Parliament to do at this stage." In the Istanbul chief prosecutor's investigation into the fund scandal, 85 people are under arrest.

AK Party drops inquiry plan into fund scandal

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Fund Investigation News Series

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

  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.
  5. AK Party drops inquiry plan into fund scandal Hürriyet columnist Abdulkadir Selvi wrote that the AK Party had dropped plans to set up a parliamentary inquiry commission into the fund scandal. Selvi corrected himself, recalling that he had said in earlier columns that a commission would be formed.
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