The fund manipulation scandal that shook the Turkish stock market continues to ferment, affecting senior executives in the financial industry. The head of the country's banking regulator proposed his resignation on Wednesday, and the authorities arrested the former governor for liquidating the custodian bank. Turkey's Banking Supervisory Authority Director Sahap Kavdeoglu posted a letter on the X platform requesting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to approve his resignation. According to Anadolu News Agency, at the same time as he released the news, the authorities arrested the former president of Takasbank, the co-founder of an Islamic bank, and the chairman of a consulting company. To control the crisis impacting the financial system, Turkey has arrested dozens of executives and officials. The prosecution said it is investigating this major scandal: local investment funds bought large amounts of shares of unpopular companies and then pushed the stock price several times higher.

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The fund manipulation scandal that shook the Turkish stock market continues to ferment, affecting senior executives in the financial industry. The head of the country's banking regulator proposed his resignation on Wednesday, and the authorities arrested the former governor for liquidating the custodian bank. Turkey's Banking Supervisory Authority Director Sahap Kavdeoglu posted a letter on the X platform requesting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to approve his resignation. According to Anadolu News Agency, at the same time as he released the news, the authorities arrested the former president of Takasbank, the co-founder of an Islamic bank, and the chairman of a consulting company. To control the crisis impacting the financial system, Turkey has arrested dozens of executives and officials. The prosecution said it is investigating this major scandal: local investment funds bought large amounts of shares of unpopular companies and then pushed the stock price several times higher.