A total of 37 people detained in operations targeting the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and the Tepebaşı Municipality of Eskişehir were brought to court on May 18. As part of the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office’s investigation into the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, 12 of the 13 individuals for whom arrest warrants had been issued on allegations of tender irregularities were taken into custody. After a medical examination, the police took these individuals to the Istanbul Courthouse in Çağlayan. In the operation centered in Eskişehir, the police transferred 25 people, including municipal officials, to the courthouse. The police discovered a hidden room in the garden of a municipal official’s home and seized nine illegal cryptocurrency mining devices there.
May 18, 2026
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