The assets of İlyas Kaya and Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya are wanted to be frozen

The fund investigation carried out by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office Terrorism Financing and Laundering Crimes Investigation Bureau continues.

Within the scope of the investigation, all assets of İlyas Kaya and his wife Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya were requested to be frozen.

It is claimed that Kaya bought shares worth 63 million TL from Özata Denizcilik, which is under investigation, and sold it for 1.3 billion TL shortly before the fund scandal broke out.

It is claimed that Kaya's wife bought 150 thousand shares at 55 lira in early 2026, sold them at 4 thousand 482 lira, and withdrew 826 million lira from the Özata fund, in which she invested 99 million 687 thousand lira.

Kaya announced that he resigned from his duties in the AK Party on September 26, 2026, following accusations that he and his wife earned 2 billion 200 million lira from the Özata fund.

Kaya announced that he wanted to be "pardoned from duty" following the allegations regarding the funds under investigation. In his post on his social media account, Kaya stated that some allegations and evaluations were made about him regarding an issue that occurred recently and occupied the public. Kaya said in his statement:

"Our President and Chairman Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, with his clear and determined will regarding the issue in question, stated recently that the allegations should be investigated in all aspects, regardless of who they are, and that the process should be carried out meticulously."

Kaya emphasized that he attaches great importance to the allegations being clarified without any hesitation and to the completion of the process in a healthy and safe manner.

Stating that he believes that the responsibility he carries in politics is not limited to legal responsibility, Kaya said:

"In order to ensure the safety of the process and to clarify all aspects of the allegations, I asked our President to forgive me from all my duties."

WHO IS FATMA BATÜL SAYAN KAYA?

He was born as the third child of a lawyer family in Fatih, Istanbul. After completing primary school at Fatih Primary School, he graduated from Beyoğlu Anatolian High School (English High School).

He passed the university exams and studied at Bilkent University Electrical-Electronics Engineering Department with a scholarship and graduated with honors. He graduated from Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine.

He did postgraduate studies at New York University. He was elected as AK Party Istanbul Provincial Board Member at the 5th Ordinary Congress in 2009. Later, he worked with Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as Advisor to the AK Party Chairman until 2012. He was re-elected as a member of the Istanbul Provincial Board of Directors at the congress in 2012 and was appointed as the Provincial Vice President responsible for AK Party Istanbul Promotion Media.

He served as AK Party Deputy Chairman Responsible for R&D. With the change in the Central Executive Board dated November 25, 2015, he was appointed as the Deputy Chairman of the AK Party in Charge of Foreign Relations.

Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya, who was elected as an Istanbul Deputy, took part in the 65th Government as the Minister of Family and Social Policies. He continued his duty as Minister in the new cabinet announced by Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım on 19 July 2017.

Kaya was elected as the 27th term Istanbul Deputy with the general election held on June 24, 2018.