'Funding' criminal complaint from Minister of Trade Ömer Bolat to journalists Murat Ağırel and İsmail Saymaz

Minister of Commerce Ömer Bolat filed a criminal complaint against our newspaper's writer Murat Ağırel and journalist İsmail Saymaz over the allegations made against him regarding the fund investigation that had a wide public impact.

Journalist Murat Ağırel, who made evaluations about the fund investigations that have been carried out since September 16 and covers seven investment institutions in the program broadcast yesterday on Sözcü TV, claimed that Minister Bolat also had money in these funds.

After these allegations came to the fore on social media and television broadcasts, Minister of Trade Ömer Bolat flatly denied the allegations in a written statement. Stating that he has never felt the need to hide any of his assets, income sources or savings and that his property declaration is available in the state records, Bolat emphasized that the amount presented to the public for the purpose of discrediting it as "money in the fund" is actually a legal lease certificate known as "sukuk".

In this statement, Bolat used the words "dishonestly slander" and stated that Murat Ağırel used the words "he put 400, took 800".

After the statement, our newspaper's writer Ağırel shared on his social media account: "I did not say a number like 'he put 400, he got 800'." I answered my broadcasting friend's question about the figure that I did not know. "I clearly stated that what was discussed was an allegation," he said.

Stating that today his investments are not any stocks traded on the stock exchange, Bolat announced that he started the legal process by saying, "The savings account was definitely not closed before or after September 16, 2026. The statement 'He put 400, got 800' is a big lie."