Turkish Mayors Detained in Corruption Probes
Multiple mayors in Turkey, including the first female mayor of a former AKP stronghold and the mayor of Istanbul's Üsküdar district, have been detained as part of ongoing corruption investigations. These arrests are linked to alleged business irregularities and have also led to the detention of 15 other individuals.
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First female mayor of former AKP stronghold detained in corruption probe
Turkish police on Wednesday detained Sinem Dedetaş, the first female mayor of İstanbul’s Üsküdar district who ended 30 years of Islamist-based rule, and five others in a corruption investigation, the latest step in a legal crackdown on municipalities run by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s opponents, Turkish Minute reported. Police carried out simultaneous raids at 11 […] The post First female mayor of former AKP stronghold detained in corruption probe appeared first on Stockholm Center for F...
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Turkish police detained 15 suspects Wednesday in an investigation alleging that individuals were fraudulently registered as employees of municipal companies while actually working...
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