Asya

Of the 68 shareholders of former Bank Asya, 49 were detained in an Istanbul-based operation carried out in nine cities in Turkey on Jan. 3.

Over 340,000 are the registered weapons in Bulgaria, Deputy Chief Prosecutor Asya Petrova told Nova TV.

These weapons are for self-defense, not for hunting, she specified. Holding a self-defense weapon is a last resort, she says. She pointed out that after checks more than six thousand weapons will be seized.

The value of assets belonging to companies seized by the Turkish state during the ongoing state of emergency is nearly 41 billion Turkish Liras (around $11.3 billion), Deputy Prime Minister Nurettin Canikli stated on July 7.      
 

Istanbul police have launched an operation to detain 78 former employees of the now-closed Bank Asya, including the lender's top executives, as part of a probe launched by Istanbul prosecutors into the network of the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ).

Some 42 of the suspects were detained on June 16, state-run Anadolu Agency reported.

U.S. President Donald Trump's choice to lead the FBI is a white-collar defense lawyer with a strong law enforcement background. But in Turkey the nomination of Christopher Wray has raised eyebrows, with Turkish media reporting his previous involvement in helping Bank Asya, linked to the movement of U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen, open its gates to international markets. 

The asset volume of companies seized by the state has surpassed 40.5 billion Turkish Liras ($11.1 billion), Deputy Prime Minister Nurettin Canikli has said, adding that the state fund in charge of running these companies has become "one of the largest business holdings in the country."

Ankara prosecutors on Jan. 5 issued detention warrants for 105 wives of military personnel on suspicions that they played a role in the July 15 coup attempt and for being members of the Gülen movement. 

The warrants came as part of a probe investigating alleged misconduct in the public personnel selection test (KPSS). 

Turkey's Saving Deposits Insurance Fund (TMSF) has probed more than 1.6 million bank accounts so far over demands from a number public institutions wanting to learn whether any of their employees had an account with Bank Asya, seized by the state over its links with the Gülen movement, which was believed to be the mastermind behind the failed July 15 coup attempt. 

Four people were arrested in a probe into the financial links of U.S.-based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen sympathizers on April 20 before dozens of other detainees, including board member of a leading construction company, were sent to court with an arrest demand by prosecutors on April 21. 

Four people were arrested in a probe into the financial links of U.S.-based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen sympathizers on April 20 before another group of detainees, including board member of a leading construction company, were sent by police to a prosecutors to testify on April 21.