Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya's judicial testimony has emerged: We wanted to evaluate the savings

Former Turkish Family and Social Policies Minister Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya, arrested in a fund investigation, has denied all charges in testimony given to a judge, rejecting claims that she held intensive meetings with Tera Group executives and declaring her monthly income at 500,000 TL. The testimony emerged as part of a probe into the fund at the center of the case. Kaya's defense centers on her stated aim of having wanted to evaluate her savings through the fund. The case matters because it puts a former cabinet minister at the heart of a fund scandal, and what to watch next is whether prosecutors bring formal charges and how the court weighs her account against the Tera Group meeting allegations.