Chief Prosecutor's Office in Istanbul

The Chief Prosecutor's Office in Istanbul has opened an investigation into actions threatening "economic security," while Turkey's financial watchdog launched a separate probe into what it described as "fake news" aiming to manipulate economy.

A Turkish prosecutor who handled probes into alleged coup cases in Turkey has fled with a colleague to Germany via Georgia and Armenia after learning of an upcoming arrest warrant issued in his name, daily Hürriyet reported on Aug. 14.