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.