Çiftlik

Ninety-eight of 107 forest fires in Turkey are under control, the nation's Agriculture and Forestry Minister said late on July 31.

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Efforts to contain nine blazes are still ongoing, Bekir Pakdemirli said during a news conference at a fire management center in the Depirmenyanı district of southwestern Muğla province.

A court in Istanbul has ordered the arrest of Mehmet Aydın, the founder of the online Çiftlik Bank (Farm Bank) Ponzi scheme.

Aydın, 29, surrendered to the Turkish Consulate in Sao Paulo, Brazil and was arrested at the Istanbul Airport as soon as he landed on July 3.

Mehmet Aydın, the mastermind of the Çiftlik Bank (Farm Bank) Ponzi scheme game, was sent to court on July 7 for his arrest after his testimony was taken by Istanbul police.

Mehmet Aydın, the mastermind of the Çiftlik Bank (Farm Bank) Ponzi scheme, who has been on the run for three years, has turned himself in to authorities at the Consulate General of Turkey in Sao Paolo, Brazil.

Turkish authorities have issued a red notice for a total of six people regarding an investigation into "Çiftlik Bank," an online-game-inspired Ponzi scheme, state-run Anadolu Agency reported on April 19, basing its report on a written statement issued by the Istanbul Anatolia Chief Public Prosecutor's Office.

Four suspects were arrested on March 19 in an investigation launched by the chief public prosecutor's office of the Geyve district of the northwestern province of Sakarya into Çiftlik Bank, which engaged in Ponzi scheme-type practices.

Turkey is preparing to request the extradition of Mehmet Aydın, the 26-year-old creator of Çiftlik Bank, a computer-games-inspired Ponzi scheme, from Urugay, Turkish Justice Minister Abdülhamit Gül announced on March 17.