In Turkey, a former MP of the ruling Justice and Development Party and ex-adviser to the prime minister Ertan Aydın has been detained. The total number of those detained in the financial funds case has reached 31 people.
HOW THE DETENTIONS TOOK PLACE
According to the Turkish publication Haberler.com, the investigation is being conducted by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office. The basis for the review was material from the Capital Markets Board of Turkey (CMB) and written appeals received.
Law enforcement officers issued detention orders for 31 suspects. Initially, police officers detained 26 people, and later five more were detained.
WHO WAS AMONG THOSE DETAINED
In addition to Ertan Aydın, those most recently detained included Abdullah Dal, Fahri Uğur, Hakan Eryılmaz and Seda Tarım.
The details of the alleged violations, the specific charges and the possible damage are not specified in the publication.
WHAT ERTAN AYDIN IS KNOWN FOR
Ertan Aydın was born in 1971 in the Turkish province of Ardahan. He graduated from the Middle East Technical University and then received a doctorate from Bilkent University.
From 2000 to 2003, he conducted research at Harvard and Dartmouth universities in the USA. He later taught political science and international relations at Çankaya University.
In 2012, Aydın became Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's chief adviser on political affairs. He subsequently continued to work as an adviser to Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu.
