Former AKP MP Tayyar: The 214 names on the fund list must be disclosed

The debate over whether to disclose the list of those who made high gains within the scope of the fund investigation has turned into a disagreement inside the AK Party. AKP Group Chair Abdullah Güler, answering journalists' questions at the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye (TBMM), argued that investing in the stock exchange is not a crime, that all 455,578 people cannot be linked to a crime, and that personal data held at the Central Registry Agency cannot be disclosed merely because it has been requested. Noting that the investigation is being conducted by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, Güler drew attention to the presumption of innocence and the right not to be tarnished.

Former AKP Gaziantep MP Şamil Tayyar came out hard against Güler in a statement posted on his social media account. Tayyar stressed that the public wants the disclosure not of the 455,578 victims, but of the list showing that 214 individuals and companies - 141 natural persons and 73 legal entities, according to the figures announced by the Minister of Justice - made 187 billion 653 million TL in profit from 3 funds.

Tayyar said, "There is no one among us who has not learned even the color of Mustafa Sarıgül's underwear," noting that Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya's entire life was picked apart. He questioned whether the presumption of innocence and the right not to be tarnished had only just occurred to them. Recalling that half of the list has already made it into the public domain and that 100-150 people remain, Tayyar cited the example of the muhtar of a remote village in Gaziantep's Şehitkamil district who warned that "there is no vote if the fund list is not disclosed," asked when these reactions would be noticed, and repeated his call for the list to be shared with the public.