Dervişoğlu's fund market warnings are on the agenda again

While discussions about the crisis in the fund market, investors' losses and the responsibility of supervisory institutions have increased, the warnings made by İYİ Party Chairman Müsavat Dervişoğlu in the Parliament group meetings last year have come to the fore again.

In his speeches in October and November 2025, Dervişoğlu claimed that there was manipulation in the markets using public power and requested a Parliamentary investigation to protect small investors. Dervişoğlu, who also criticized the Minister of Treasury and Finance Mehmet Şimşek and the Capital Markets Board (CMB) management, called for the results of the audit to be shared with the public.

While criticizing economic policies at the group meeting dated October 22, 2025, Dervişoğlu said that citizens turned to different investment instruments to protect their savings. Stating that the developments in gold, foreign exchange, deposit and housing markets affect the preferences of citizens, Dervişoğlu drew attention to the situation of small investors in the stock market. Stating that 6.5 million people in Turkey invested in stocks at that time, Dervişoğlu emphasized that a significant part of this segment was made up of citizens who saved with their labor and paid taxes. Explaining that some investors turned to the stock market to buy a house or a car, and some to cover their children's education expenses, Dervişoğlu said that these people's savings and future hopes were damaged due to manipulation and speculation. Stating that they are following the issue closely with MPs and experts, Dervişoğlu also pointed out the balance sheets of the companies on the stock exchange; He argued that statements about the market being cheap covered up the problems in the real sector.

In the same speech, Dervişoğlu requested that the inspection be carried out by the Parliament. He called for the establishment of a parliamentary investigation commission immediately to investigate the affairs and transactions of the Türkiye Wealth Fund, the Central Bank, the Interbank Card Center, the Competition Authority, public banks and the CMB. Stating that those who manipulated by using public power should be held accountable, Dervişoğlu demanded that every stage of the audit be shared with the citizens. Emphasizing that protecting the reputation of public institutions is possible with transparency and accountability, Dervişoğlu said that law should prevail in public administration.

Three weeks after his first warning, Dervişoğlu brought the issue to the agenda again at the group meeting on November 12, 2025, this time directly addressing the economic management and CMB. Dervişoğlu stated that Şimşek said that they knew that there was manipulation over some funds and that the then CMB President Ömer Gönül said that they knew about market fraudsters, and criticized these statements of the authorities based on their responsibility for supervision.

Arguing that the manipulation allegations were known but not prevented, Dervişoğlu reacted with the words, "They knew, but they did not prevent it." Dervişoğlu, who claimed that market fraud allegations could not be seen as limited to individual crimes, claimed that we were faced with an organized structure. Stating that the duty of the government is to protect the investors, Dervişoğlu argued that the manipulators won while the small investors lost; He called on Şimşek and the CMB management to resign.

Dervişoğlu also reiterated his demand for an investigation commission in his speech in November. He requested that the transactions of Borsa Istanbul, the CMB, the Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency, the Central Bank, the Competition Authority and public banks be examined. Emphasizing that the rights of small investors should be included in the agenda of the Parliament, Dervişoğlu stated that inspection is a requirement of the state and law. Saying that his warnings were not met, Dervişoğlu also pointed out the political responsibility of the government.

Dervişoğlu continued his criticism of the funding crisis in his statement to journalists during his visit to the Turkish Grand National Assembly as part of the opening of the new legislative year. Stating that what happened cannot be treated as an isolated or magazine event, Dervişoğlu reacted to the fact that the data regarding the transactions were not shared with the public. Dervişoğlu said that the authorities have the means to determine in a very short time who made which transaction, what they bought, how much they earned or lost, but argued that transparent information was not given to the public. Claiming that attempts were made to cover up the crisis with different agenda topics, Dervişoğlu stated that they would work to shed light on the process. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, in his speech at the opening of the general assembly, said that they had overcome the problem that arose in a certain part of the fund market. Following the Cabinet Meeting on September 28, Erdoğan stated that the state would be against those who manipulate and corrupt the fund market.