The fund investigation advanced with a request for investigation permission against former Capital Markets Board chair İbrahim Ömer Gönül, reported by Milliyet and Sabah, while the number of arrested suspects rose to 85. AKP deputy Serkan Bayram said he had overstepped his remarks on the case.
Attention shifted at midday to successive tremors in the south. AFAD recorded 4.8 and 4.9 quakes in Adana’s Saimbeyli followed minutes later by a 5.2 in Osmaniye’s Sumbas, with panic captured on camera and a later 4.4 in Adana. Naci Görür warned of approaching risk, while AK Party spokesman Ömer Çelik said institutions moved immediately to the field.
Morning pages had been fragmented over an Antalya dealership arson and the political fallout from Altın Koza award speeches invoking Soma.