29.10.2026 22:50
New Welfare Party Chairman Fatih Erbakan made a statement after former AK Party MP Ertan Aydın was arrested in the fund investigation. Erbakan called for compensating the victims’ losses and for bringing those responsible before justice regardless of their titles. Erbakan said, “You will take from the thief. You will give to the victims.”
Following the arrest of former AK Party MP Ertan Aydın, who was taken into custody again within the scope of the fund investigation, a statement came from New Welfare Party Chairman Fatih Erbakan.
“YOU WILL BRING THE PROFITEERS TO THE COURTHOUSE REGARDLESS OF THEIR TITLES”
Erbakan, who posted on his social media account, recalled that Ertan Aydın had been arrested. Emphasizing that the rights of the victims in the fund investigation must be granted, Erbakan used the following statements:
“An exit from this collapse is possible! You will take from those who stole. You will give to the victims. You will bring the profiteers to the courthouse regardless of their titles (minister, MP, bureaucrat, adviser, etc.).”
ARRESTED FOLLOWING OBJECTION TO JUDICIAL CONTROL
Within the scope of the fund investigation conducted by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office regarding transactions in the capital markets, Ertan Aydın was taken into custody in Ankara on October 22. On October 24, the Criminal Judgeship of Peace imposed judicial control measures on Aydın, consisting of not leaving his residence and a ban on going abroad.
Upon the prosecutor's office's objection to this decision, an arrest warrant was issued for Aydın. Aydın, who was taken into custody again in Ankara, was brought to Istanbul and referred to the Istanbul Courthouse in Çağlayan. The duty Criminal Judgeship of Peace decided on October 25 to arrest Aydın.
NUMBER OF THOSE ARRESTED IN THE INVESTIGATION RISES TO 114
Within the scope of the investigation, former General Manager of Türkiye Sigorta Taha Çakmak and Altınbaş Holding executive İnan Altınbaş had also been arrested. Türkiye Sigorta Deputy General Manager Gürol Sami Özer was also arrested on the same day as Aydın. With the arrest of 15 of the 22 suspects in custody on October 24, the number of those arrested in the investigation rose to 114.
The investigation covers the liquidation process of 131 funds affiliated with portfolio management companies such as Pusula, Tera and Atlas. It is stated that approximately 455,000 investors were affected by the liquidation process.
WHO IS ERTAN AYDIN?
Ertan Aydın, a graduate of METU's Department of Sociology, completed his master's and doctorate at Bilkent University. Aydın, who served as a faculty member at Çankaya University, was elected as an Ankara MP from the AK Party in 2015. Aydın is among the founders of the Pollmark Research company.