A total of 59 suspects, including Mersin Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Vahap Seçer, Yenişehir Mayor Abdullah Özyiğit and Mezitli Mayor Ahmet Serkan Tuncer, have been detained as part of a corruption investigation in Türkiye, APA reports citing NTV.
The Mersin Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office launched simultaneous operations in the morning as part of an investigation involving the Mersin Metropolitan, Yenişehir and Mezitli municipalities. Searches were conducted at the municipalities and at the addresses of suspects.
As part of the investigation, authorities allege that 13 tenders and 63 direct procurement deals at Mersin Metropolitan Municipality caused public losses totaling 330.945 million Turkish liras.
Public losses were also alleged to have reached 1.010 billion liras at Mezitli Municipality and 105 million liras at Yenişehir Municipality.
A separate investigation is reportedly underway against Mezitli Mayor Ahmet Serkan Tuncer on suspicion of leading an armed criminal organization. He is suspected of arranging armed attacks against workplaces belonging to individuals with whom he had disputes.
The reported targets of the attacks included the provincial headquarters of Yeni Parti and the Çağın Medya organization.
The allegations against the detained individuals have not been established by a final court ruling.
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