Statement on fund investigation from the Ministry of Justice: The allegations are unfounded slander

The Ministry shared the chronology of the fund investigation and emphasized that the process is being continued with determination in line with the evidence. In the statement, it was stated that manipulative content was an attempt to turn the judicial process into a political polemic.

The statement made by the Ministry of Justice is as follows:

"Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office took action by detecting unusual movements in some funds and shares, initiated the investigation process by requesting information and documents from the Capital Markets Board on August 19, and liquidation decisions regarding the funds were taken on September 17. This chronology clearly shows that the investigation was carried out in line with concrete crime suspicion and financial data.

The process is carried out with the strong coordination of the relevant institutions of our state, in line with the determined will and close monitoring of our President. Our Ministry of Justice fulfills its duties and responsibilities in order to protect the rights of well-intentioned investors and citizens and to effectively conduct the judicial process against those responsible.

For this very reason, there are attempts to overshadow the investigation process, to make the determination of the judicial authorities questionable, to create distrust among state institutions and to undermine our citizens' trust in the state. The main opposition leader's statement that some information regarding the fund investigation was "leaked" to them from the Ministry of Justice is a grave and unfounded slander aimed at placing our Ministry under suspicion.

After the unconfirmed manipulative contents were circulated through opposition MPs, it is seen that the question marks that arose when it was understood that the contents - also targeting our Minister - were false and manipulative, were tried to be directed to state institutions. It is obvious that there is an effort to draw the determinedly progressing judicial investigation into political polemics by obscuring the discussions about the focus behind these contents.

In line with the will of our President and the strong coordination between our institutions, the Ministry of Justice fulfills its corporate responsibility to protect the rights of our citizens and ensure the effective functioning of the judicial process. "The fund investigation is being carried out with determination only in the direction shown by the evidence, not according to speculations."