Overnight Soma collapse toll rose from two to five, with nine later detained over negligence as unions demanded accountability; a separate illegal pit in Zonguldak killed one more.
Morning attention shifted to a new municipal operation in Istanbul's Eyüpsultan, where mayor Mithat Bülent Özmen was among 28 detained on corruption allegations, a day after the Mersin tender detentions, with pro-government outlets later citing a 336-million-lira claim around mayor Vahap Seçer.
The week-long fund investigation moved from detentions to management: ministers promised no systemic risk and no extra public burden after a second Beştepe summit set a payment calendar and capital-markets law changes, while prosecutors first reported four arrests then in the evening sought arrest for 20 more suspects.