Seven people, including Deputy Mayors Gültekin Bayındır and Fikret Gözüoğlu, were arrested in a corruption investigation conducted by the Ankara West Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office into Etimesgut Municipality. Prosecutors launched the investigation over allegations of irregularities in some municipal tenders, parking lot lease transactions, and zoning and licensing procedures concerning construction projects, as well as forged documents and improper benefits. Police took action against 25 people, five of them municipal officials, in operations carried out on 13 October in five provinces centered on Ankara. Nine suspects gave statements under effective remorse provisions. Prosecutors requested the arrest of 11 people and judicial control for five. A criminal judgeship of peace arrested seven people, including the two deputy mayors, and placed four under house arrest.
17 October 2026
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