15.11.2026 17:50
Özgür Özel, the new Chairman of the New Party, stated that verification work in eight main files related to the fund investigation has been completed and said that the names will be announced separately starting this week. Özel argued that not sharing the list with the public also leaves people unrelated to the allegations under suspicion.
New Party Chairman Özgür Özel answered questions from members of the press after voting for the Party Council lists at his party's 1st Ordinary Congress. Evaluating the fund investigation, Özel stated that they attach importance to the verification process in the files they prepared and that they will share information whose verification has been completed with the public.
VERIFICATION COMPLETED IN 8 MAIN FILES
Stating that the work had been completed in eight main files, Özel said that the statements would be made separately starting this week.
Özel used the following statements regarding the issue:
“We also attached great importance to the verification mechanism there. My friends told me that they had completed the verifications in 8 main files. I guess starting this week they will also disclose those files separately. We will proceed with information verified in all aspects, whether it includes the name of a politician, a company name, or another structure. But our friends will disclose these.”
“NOT DISCLOSING THE LIST SPREADS SUSPICION TO EVERYONE”
Criticizing the non-disclosure of the fund lists, Özel claimed that the different numbers circulating in public opinion cause many people to be left under suspicion.
Also touching on AK Party Group Chairman Abdullah Güler's statements regarding the presumption of innocence and the right not to be tarnished, Özel argued that keeping the list confidential did not protect those rights.
Özel said, “Not disclosing the list truly tarnishes everyone who should not be tarnished. Not disclosing the list spreads suspicion to everyone, to all.”
CALLS HAD BEEN MADE TO DISCLOSE THE LIST
Calls to disclose the list of names regarding the fund investigation had previously been brought to the political agenda. AK Party Deputy Group Chairman Özlem Zengin stated in the General Assembly of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey that she wanted the entire list to be disclosed.
Minister of Treasury and Finance Mehmet Şimşek also, in response to a question directed at him at the Plan and Budget Committee of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey on November 5, said that he would prefer the list to be disclosed if possible.
AK Party Group Chairman Abdullah Güler, in his assessment regarding the disclosure of the list, drew attention to the presumption of innocence and the right not to be tarnished. With Özel's statement, announcements to be made after the verification work said to have been completed in eight files have begun to be awaited.