Turkish prosecutors put two journalists under house arrest, detain two more, over fund-scandal reporting

Istanbul prosecutors replaced a travel ban on journalists İsmail Saymaz and Murat Ağırel with house arrest, after Trade Minister Ömer Bolat filed a complaint on 7 October accusing them of presenting unverified profit claims tied to a liquidated investment fund as established fact. Two other reporters, Mustafa Balcı and Şaban Sevinç, were separately detained the same weekend over comments about a ruling-party spokesman. Opposition lawmaker Ümit Özlale had asked whether large sums moved through accounts linked to Bolat and to a minister's father; both ministers deny it.

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