21.10.2026 14:31
President Erdoğan, who delivered the message at the AK Party MKYK, "Whoever is responsible for the fund, we will do what is necessary with surgical precision. We will not say, 'A broken arm stays inside the sleeve,'" also said in the party group, "The second stage includes holding those who obtained unjust and excessive gains accountable before the judiciary." There are comments that Erdoğan pointed to Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya with these words.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, after his remarks at the AK Party MKYK meeting, "No one, including me, is above criticism. It is not a case of 'don't wash dirty linen in public'; we will do what is necessary so that it does not envelop the body and cause harm," made striking assessments about the fund crisis at his party's Grand National Assembly of Turkey group meeting.
"ACCOUNTABILITY WILL BE SOUGHT BEFORE THE JUDICIARY"
In his speech at the group meeting, Erdoğan touched upon the work being carried out and said, "Our Fund Coordination Board and our economic team meet regularly and announce the decisions taken to the public in a transparent manner. Following the entry into force of the bill on our Parliament's agenda, God willing, payment transactions will accelerate somewhat. The second stage involves holding accountable before the judiciary those who, by manipulating through unlawful and unethical methods, sometimes within an organization, obtain unjust and exorbitant gains."
IS FATMA BETÜL SAYAN KAYA THE TARGET OF THE REMARKS?
President Erdoğan's remarks that "those who obtain unjust gains by manipulating through unlawful and unethical methods will be held accountable before the judiciary" stirred up the corridors. Assessments were made that these words pointed to former Minister Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya, whose name was involved in the fund scandal, who then resigned from her post as AK Party Deputy Chairperson, and who returned the fund income she obtained to judicial authorities.