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Istanbul’s nine day Kultur Yolu festival closed on October 4 with a final night of opera, dance and pop concerts across the city, drawing large crowds to Galataport and the Ataturk Culture Center and highlighting a program that mixed classical repertoire with contemporary Turkish pop.
The Istanbul Foundation for Science and Culture opened the 13th International Bediuzzaman Symposium today at the Ataturk Cultural Center in Istanbul, convening scholars from around the world to discuss Qur’anic responses to contemporary global crises.
Turkey’s Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor has advanced an inquiry into alleged procurement corruption by sending 28 people arrested in an Istanbul municipal raid, including Eyüpsultan Mayor Mithat Bülent Özmen, to Ankara for questioning and possible indictment. Opposition leaders called the operation political; prosecutors say the probe targets an alleged criminal organization and bribery in tender processes.
Turkey has moved to liquidate funds run by seven portfolio managers after prosecutors opened a criminal probe into alleged artificial inflation of fund values. Authorities have frozen assets and approved interim payments while Parliament and regulators weigh legal and regulatory changes.
Turkish authorities say they have expanded a months long probe into an international investment fraud ring allegedly connected to Israeli nationals, detaining scores of suspects and seizing assets as investigators seek to map the network’s money flows and call center operations.