Politics · Turkey · 1 hr ago
Istanbul prosecutors investigate online sharing of confidential fund inquiry documents
Istanbul’s chief prosecutor’s office is investigating a fund inquiry.
The office says documents marked confidential and related to the inquiry were shared on social media and other digital platforms.
It considers the sharing a possible breach of the inquiry’s confidentiality.
Prosecutors have started an investigation on their own initiative into people they believe publicly shared the documents.
The office also said it had sent instructions and formal requests to relevant institutions, including Turkey’s Capital Markets Board, Borsa Istanbul and the Turkish Banks Association.
The investigation into the document sharing is now underway.
Istanbul prosecutors have opened an investigation into people who shared confidential documents related to an ongoing fund inquiry.
The documents were reportedly shared on social media platforms and other digital channels.
Prosecutors said the sharing could constitute the crime of violating the confidentiality of an investigation under Article 285 of the Turkish Penal Code.
The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office said it had begun legal proceedings on its own initiative against those responsible.
As part of the fund inquiry, instructions and official requests were sent to relevant institutions, including the Capital Markets Board and Borsa Istanbul.
- Who
- The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office is investigating people who shared the documents.
- What
- Prosecutors began an investigation into the sharing of documents marked confidential and linked to a fund inquiry.
- When
- October 12, 2026, according to the articles’ publication dates.
- Where
- The documents were shared on social media platforms and other digital channels. The investigation is in Istanbul.
- Why
- Prosecutors said the sharing could violate the confidentiality of an investigation under Article 285 of the Turkish Penal Code.
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Prosecutors sent instructions and official requests to relevant institutions, including the Capital Markets Board and Borsa Istanbul.
Confidential documents related to the inquiry were shared on social media and other digital channels.
The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office said it had begun an investigation on its own initiative into the sharing.
- Investigation authority
- Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office
- Legal provision cited
- Article 285 of the Turkish Penal Code
- Documents
- Marked confidential and related to a fund inquiry
- Reported sharing channels
- Social media platforms and other digital channels
- Institutions contacted
- Capital Markets Board, Borsa Istanbul, Central Registry Agency and Türkiye Banks Association
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