Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya Resigns Amid Major Financial Scandal in Turkey
Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya, former minister and AKP executive, has resigned after a financial scandal involving $17 billion in investment funds and nearly 500,000 investors in Turkey. The situation continues to affect markets despite government interventions.
Sofia Benali
September 28, 2026 · 1 min read
BriefPublished (Dubai time, UTC+4) · event date: 2026-09-27
Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya, former Turkish minister and senior executive of the ruling AKP party, resigned after being implicated in a major financial scandal, reported RFI on Thursday, September 27, 2026.
The case involves investment funds totaling approximately $17 billion and is said to have affected nearly half a million investors. Despite measures taken by the Turkish government to try to stabilize the markets, the impact of this scandal continues to spread.