Turkey freezes ex-Yemen president's assets

Turkey has frozen all of former Yemeni president Abdullah Saleh's assets in Turkish banks and other financial institutions, including safes.

Turkey has frozen the assets of former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in line with a decision by the UN Security Council.

All of Saleh's assets in Turkish banks and other financial institutions, including safes, were frozen, it said.

Saleh is suspected of amassing as much as $US60 billion ($A77.00 billion), equivalent to Yemen's annual GDP, during his long rule, and colluding in a militia takeover in 2014, UN-appointed investigators have told the Security Council.