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Eyüpsultan mayor Özmen among 13 suspects arrested
Thirteen suspects, including Eyüpsultan Mayor Mithat Bülent Özmen, were arrested as part of an investigation in Ankara. Judicial control measures were imposed on four suspects, while Özmen was arrested on charges of rigging a public tender, accepting bribes and membership in a criminal organization.
Proceedings at the duty criminal judgeship of peace were completed in Ankara as part of an investigation in which 17 suspects, including Eyüpsultan Mayor Mithat Bülent Özmen, were referred with a request for their arrest.
The judgeship ordered the arrest of 13 suspects, including Özmen, and imposed judicial control measures on four others.
Özmen was arrested on charges of "rigging a tender held by a public institution or organization," "accepting bribes" and "membership in an organization established to commit crimes." The other 12 suspects were sent to prison on charges of rigging a tender held by a public institution or organization.
Background to the investigation
As part of an investigation conducted by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, arrest warrants were issued for 28 suspects, including Özmen, on charges of membership in a criminal organization, accepting bribes, giving bribes and rigging tenders.
All 28 suspects were detained in simultaneous operations conducted by teams from the Financial Crimes Division of the Ankara Police Department. Following medical examinations, the suspects were sent to Ankara, where the investigation was being conducted.
After processing at the police department was completed, the 28 suspects were referred to the Ankara Courthouse. Following their statements to the prosecutor, 17 suspects were sent to the duty criminal judgeship of peace with a request for their arrest, while 11 suspects were released subject to judicial control.
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