Judicial proceedings in the investigation
Prosecutors completed questioning the 35 suspects who were referred to the courthouse after procedures at the gendarmerie as part of an investigation conducted by the Kırıkkale Chief Public Prosecutor's Office.
The 35 suspects, including former mayors Ahmet Sungur and Osman Türkyılmaz, were referred to the court after questioning. Fifteen suspects, including Sungur and Türkyılmaz, were arrested.

Two suspects were placed under house arrest, while 18 others were released under judicial control. A judicial control measure was also imposed on a suspect who was already held in a penal institution for another offense.
Efforts to apprehend a fugitive suspect are ongoing.
Scope of the operation
On September 24, the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office issued detention warrants for 37 suspects, including former mayors Sungur and Türkyılmaz, deputy mayors, municipal council members, municipal employees and businesspeople.

The investigation was launched over allegations of forming an organization to commit crimes, membership in an organization formed to commit crimes, bribery, extortion, bid rigging and fraud causing losses to public institutions and organizations.
Thirty-five of the suspects were detained in simultaneous operations conducted in four provinces. One suspect was found to be in a penal institution, while another was not found at their address.