“Special” spending record from Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya

The special office expenditure incurred by the Ministry of Family and Social Services during Kaya’s tenure was broken down by period as follows:

2016 (June–December): 6,445,000 TL

2017: 12,401,000 TL

2018 (January–July): 6,861,000 TL

NO LAWSUIT OVER SCHOLARSHIPS

No legal action was taken against those who awarded scholarships to Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya, an AKP member associated with the fund scandal, from the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality’s coffers. On 16 June 2022, a decision of non-prosecution was issued in response to the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality’s application dated 30 November 2021, which had called for the ‘prosecution of bureaucrats from the AKP era’, on the grounds that ‘no offence had been committed’.

Note: This article is translated from the original article titled Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya’dan ‘özel’ harcama rekoru, published in BirGün newspaper on October 5, 2026.