Müsavat Dervişoğlu, leader of the İYİ Party, made remarks on current issues at his party’s parliamentary group meeting. Describing the fund scam in the capital market as “one of the biggest scams in the history of the Republic,” Dervişoğlu said that this was not an isolated or tabloid incident but “theft under the government’s watch.” Arguing that a scam of this scale could not have been carried out without the support of politics, the judiciary, and the bureaucracy, Dervişoğlu stated that citizens’ savings were squandered on a Ponzi scheme before the very eyes of the state. Criticizing participation in the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement in foreign policy, Dervişoğlu expressed that it is the nation’s right to know the bill placed before Turkey. Touching on inflation as well, Dervişoğlu said, “You cannot strengthen the market without fixing the state”; he expressed that the government would be voted out at the ballot box and that the İYİ Party would come to power.
Why it matters
Dervişoğlu’s remarks reflect the opposition’s effort to move the fund crisis in the capital market beyond a mere fraud case and open up the state’s oversight responsibility and political accountability for debate. This framework closely concerns not only the market regulatory institutions and the judiciary, which are the direct addressees of the allegations, but also savers who invest their savings in funds. The characterization of theft under the government’s watch leaves open the question of whether the investigation processes related to the matter will be conducted independently. The criticism of the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement, meanwhile, brings back to the agenda the demand that the financial cost of foreign policy decisions be shared with the public. The combination of the three topics in a single speech demonstrates the opposition’s strategy of bringing the economy, law, and foreign policy together under a single critique of the government.
Background
Dervişoğlu is not a new name in the FikirPilot archive: we have published 3 news stories featuring this name in the last 90 days; the most recent one is dated September 19, 2026.