List dispute in fund investigation: AKP Group Chair Güler faces objection from his own party

AKP Group Chair Abdullah Güler said he wanted the list prepared within the scope of the fund investigation conducted by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office to be disclosed, but argued that all 455,578 people who invested in the funds cannot be linked to fraud, and called for the list to be finalized.

The objection to Güler came from inside the party. Former AKP Gaziantep MP and journalist Şamil Tayyar noted that the investigation covers a total of 214 real and legal persons, and that the names of 100-150 of them have not yet been disclosed, and asked why. "There is no one left who has not learned everything about Mustafa Sarıgül, down to the color of his underwear. Nothing was left unwritten about Muhittin Böcek, his son and his daughter-in-law. Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya's entire life was picked apart. Where was the presumption of innocence? Has the right not to be tarnished only just occurred to us?" Tayyar said.

Justice Minister Akın Gürlek had announced in the first week of October that 214 individuals and companies determined to have earned more than 100 million lira in gains from three funds had been identified. According to the data in the investigation file, the total gains of 141 real persons and 73 companies reached 187 billion 653 million lira; the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office sent the list in question to the Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF).

Sözcü columnist İsmail Saymaz, meanwhile, sharply criticized Güler's statements on the Günaydın Türkiyem program hosted by İsmail Küçükkaya. "The list is already ready. If someone this uninformed is making statements on behalf of the AK Party, they have not understood this issue at all," Saymaz said, stressing that every day the list remains undisclosed increases its symbolic weight and creates a suspicion of protection in the public.