The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office launched an investigation into allegations that several Esenyurt Municipality tenders were rigged and that contractors were bribed in connection with the process.
According to a statement from the Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, detention warrants were issued for 19 suspects allegedly involved in the acts under investigation. Istanbul Police Department Financial Crimes Branch teams detained 17 suspects in the operation, while efforts to locate the remaining two continue.
Those detained
Those detained include Esenyurt Deputy Mayor Yusuf Ulutaş, former Esenyurt Deputy Mayor Ümit Ünal, Esenyurt Municipality’s Director of Neighborhood Affairs Ziya Seymen and its Director of Parks and Gardens, İbrahim Doğancıoğlu.
The names of other suspects, including municipality employees Anıl Alioğlu and Edil Kesik as well as company owners and employees, were announced as Tuba Ulutaş Şenyürek, Adnan Şenocak, Doğan Can Göksel, Cemalettin Çağlayan, Harun Berber, Salih Yılmaz, Erhan Toprak, Orhan Yıldırım, Ziya Köklü, Halil Yılmaz and Emrah Koşunalp.