# Turkey: Former minister arrested in major fund manipulation scandal

https://mins.news/en/item/132156

- DW, 2026-11-06 10:38 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/turkey-ex-minister-arrested-in-a-major-fund-manipulation-scandal/a-79872732?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> Fatma Betul Sayan Kaya, a former Turkish family minister and senior official of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling party, was remanded in custody pending trial over alleged capital markets violations and membership in a criminal organization. The opposition says she and her husband made billions of lira from a fund before suspected market manipulation; the couple denies wrongdoing.

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