Former AKP deputy chair Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya returns 2.2 billion lira to Treasury

September 30, 2026 at 04:15 AM1 min

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Former AKP deputy chair Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya and her husband İlyas Kaya deposited nearly 2.2 billion lira into the Treasury's e-collection account. The payment came after it emerged that the couple earned 2.2 billion lira from Özata Denizcilik shares whose price was inflated by funds. No action has been taken against the couple in the fund investigation in which 56 people have been arrested.

Key Facts

Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya and İlyas Kaya returned nearly 2.2 billion lira to the Treasury's e-collection account.
The couple earned 2.2 billion lira five months after investing 163 million lira in Özata Denizcilik shares.
56 people have been arrested in the fund investigation.
CHP Group Deputy Chairman Gökhan Günaydın said the couple should have paid 4.4 billion lira under effective remorse rules.
Professor Özgür Demirtaş said the state should collect another 2.2 billion lira from Kaya.

The Treasury Payment

Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya resigned from all her AKP posts after the stock exchange scandal was exposed. She and her husband İlyas Kaya deposited nearly 2.2 billion lira into the Treasury and Finance Ministry's e-collection account. The payment was made to benefit from effective remorse provisions. No action has been taken against the Kaya couple in the fund investigation.

Opposition Criticism

CHP Group Deputy Chairman Gökhan Günaydın called the payment an official confession of robbery and crime. Günaydın noted that the CMB bulletin did not list Kaya and her husband among those named in the Özata market. He said Kaya paid 2.1 billion lira but should have paid 4.4 billion lira, double the unjust gain. Professor Özgür Demirtaş said effective remorse requires paying double the gain, so the state should collect another 2.2 billion lira.