The most prominent news and developments of the day dated November 6, 2026, presented by Helin Genç.
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While the murders in Afyon are based on a receivables issue, the Seçil Erzan case continues with allegations of highly profitable funds.
Helin Genç tells the prominent news of the day in "What Happened Today?"
HE MURDERED 8 PEOPLE BECAUSE OF A DEBTS.
Suspect Arif Sefa Özdemir was caught after the armed attacks that resulted in the murder of 8 people in Afyon. It was revealed that Özdemir bought a combine harvester from Ahmet Uzel, Numan Toprak and Bekir Toprak last year for 40 thousand Euros, but did not pay his debt because the combine harvester burned down and killed 3 creditors. Özdemir, who fled the scene after killing three people, said that he targeted the other people he encountered on his route to steal their vehicles.
FUND INVESTIGATION: FATMA BETÜL SAYAN KAYA WAS ARRESTED
Former minister Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya, who was referred to the court for "opposition to the Capital Markets Law" and "being a member of an organization established for the purpose of committing a crime" within the scope of the fund investigation, was arrested and sent to Silivri Prison. A judicial control decision was issued for her husband İlyas Kaya and former CMB Chairman İbrahim Ömer Gönül.
NEW OPINION FOR Seçil ERZAN
As you may remember, the verdict on Seçil Erzan, who was sentenced to 120 years and 4 months in prison in the high-profit fund case, was recently overturned. In the retrial, it was requested that Erzan be sentenced to imprisonment from 56 years and 6 months to 211 years and 9 months.
PROSECUTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE REQUESTED AN ADDITIONAL REPORT FOR DENİZOLGUN
The Forensic Medicine Institute report regarding the suspicious death of former Minister of Transport Arif Ahmet Denizolgun in 2016 has been completed. In the report, which also examined the samples taken from the grave, it was stated that the death occurred as a result of cerebral hemorrhage due to high blood pressure, and that there was no evidence of poisoning or trauma. Following this report, Bakırköy Chief Public Prosecutor's Office requested an additional report from the Istanbul Forensic Medicine Institute regarding Denizolgun's death.
BOMB REPORTS DISRUPT FLIGHTS IN EUROPE
While bomb threats continue to disrupt air traffic in different European countries, some passenger planes are forced to make emergency landings and security checks are carried out. Bomb threats against passenger planes in European countries, including the Czech Republic, Denmark, Italy and Portugal, are causing disruptions in flights for the second day.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE EARTHQUAKE IN MARKETS
The echoes of the US midterm elections continue. Following the sales wave in technology stocks in the USA yesterday, Asian stock markets fell sharply on Friday due to concerns that the Democrats, who won the midterm elections, would tighten artificial intelligence regulations.
DISCOUNT ON GASOLINE PRICES
There is a 6 lira discount on gasoline. Discounted prices were reflected on the sign as of this morning. While the liter price of gasoline on the European Side of Istanbul was 74.60 lira, it was 75.60 lira in Ankara and 75.80 lira in Izmir.
10 PERCENT INCREASE IN AIR POLLUTION IN ISTANBUL
Now we will look at an important research that concerns millions of Istanbulites... In a research conducted by ITU, it was determined that the particulate matter concentration of the air in the city increased by 10.3 percent in October compared to the same month of the previous year.
SERGEN YALÇIN ANNOUNCED THE NATIONAL TEAM CANDIDATE SQUAD
Sergen Yalçın, who was appointed as the coach of the National Football Team, announced the UEFA Nations League candidate squad at the press conference. Yalçın, who invited Berke Özer and Enes Ünal to the squad, did not invite Altay Bayındır, İrfan Can Kahveci, Kerem Aktürkoğlu and Mert Müldür, who were in the last candidate squad, to the national team.
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The request for a new prison sentence in the Seçil Erzan case will be decided.
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The Israeli army opened fire on farmers harvesting olives in Lebanon's Kefer Kila town, evacuating the area and detaining a civilian. Additionally, artillery and machine gun attacks were carried out against Nabatiye and Sur regions.

Two passenger planes taking off from London and Brussels were diverted to Vasil Levski Airport in Sofia upon a bomb threat. During the checks, no explosive material was found on the planes.

Many media outlets in Ireland, including RTÉ, were evacuated due to bomb threats. While there have been similar reports about planes across Europe in the Czech Republic, Italy, Denmark and France, authorities consider the situation as a hybrid attack and psychological warfare attempt.

2 people died and 16 people were injured, 3 of them seriously, as a result of a school bus crash near the town of Lent in the Ain region of France. Authorities continue their investigations at the scene.

Iranian Revolutionary Guards announced that two oil tankers were damaged by hitting a mine in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran warned the USA about military pressure and a possible operation in the region and threatened retaliation.

Bomb threats against passenger planes continue for the second day in many countries across Europe. While flights are disrupted at airports in Prague, Rome, Lisbon, Copenhagen and Bucharest, security forces continue their investigations.