Turkish Justice Ministry denies Özel's leak claim as 'baseless slander'

The Turkish Justice Ministry denied YENİ Party leader Özgür Özel's claim that information was leaked by the ministry in the fund investigation, calling it baseless slander.

The ministry said the probe began when the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office requested information from the Capital Markets Board (SPK) on 19 August, with liquidation decisions taken on 17 September. It said this timeline showed the probe rested on concrete criminal suspicion.

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