Fatma Betül Sayan İlyas Kaya's AK Party membership ends

AK Party Secretary General Eyyüp Kadir İnan said Fatma Betül Sayan İlyas Kaya is no longer a party member. İnan said the procedures were carried out in line with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's instructions.

İnan declined further comment, saying the next stage of the investigation falls within the judiciary's remit. İlyas Kaya had resigned from her party posts in September. She gave a statement as a suspect on 7 October in the capital markets probe led by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office.

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