Morning papers opened with inflation falling to 29.7%, the first sub-30 reading in nearly five years, alongside fresh warnings that the Adana-Saimbeyli swarm could produce a 5 to 5.8 quake after the previous day's triple tremors.
Attention then turned to the courts. MASAK figures on referee Yasin Kol's accounts circulated before Kol and Göktuğ Hazar Erel were jailed in the betting investigation, while TFF chief Hacıosmanoğlu received public backing from Bahçeli.
By evening the municipal and fund probes converged on arrests and repayments: five suspects including Ataşehir's acting mayor were remanded, detention requests were issued for Mersin mayors including Vahap Seçer, and former minister Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya and her husband transferred sums beyond principal to TMSF after days of claims that Erdoğan had ordered recovery.