Carrying over the Fed-triggered Borsa plunge from the previous evening, morning editions tracked official damage control: the Financial Stability Committee and Daily Sabah line of no structural risk, Central Bank liquidity steps and SPK's closure of funds of seven portfolio firms.
By afternoon the story turned judicial. The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's office blocked 246 accounts over manipulative posts, imposed exit bans on 48 names, detained Destek Yatırım and Tera Holding executives, secured the arrest of Muhammed Yarız and appointed a trustee to Alves Kablo.
In parallel, presidential adviser Mehmet Uçum fixed 16 April 2028 as a possible election date with Erdoğan as last-time candidate, while US envoy Tom Barrack announced an Erdoğan-Trump meeting in New York next week.