Detainees rise to 85, suspects to 217 in fund probe

The number of detainees rose to 85 and the number of suspects subject to judicial proceedings rose to 217 in the fund investigation conducted by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office.

A development changing the course of the investigation also occurred. It was learned that about 90 percent of those said to have earned hundreds of millions of lira through fund manipulations want to return the money they obtained. Hürriyet columnist Abdülkadir Selvi wrote that there are about 50 such people and that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan asked them to bring the money back.

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6 Oct 2026 08:36 Detainees rise to 85, suspects to 217 in fund probe The number of detainees rose to 85 and the number of suspects subject to judicial proceedings rose to 217 in the fund investigation conducted by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office.

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