Özgür Özel: Erdoğan appointees at heart of fund scandal

YENİ Party leader Özgür Özel blamed the fund embezzlement on people appointed by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TBMM) group meeting.

Özel said investments entrusted to the state by citizens had been "formally seized" and said names including an ambassador, a chief presidential adviser and a Wealth Fund executive were at the heart of the affair. Özel also added in his speech that his party's membership had reached 753,000.

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