06.09.2025 23:15
A detention order has been issued for İlker Arslan, the dismissed Antalya Provincial Police Chief. It has been learned that Arslan's name was mentioned in a bribery investigation related to the Antalya Metropolitan Municipality. A detention order has also been issued for Arslan's wife, Melek Arslan.
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A detention order has been issued for the suspended Antalya Police Chief İlker Arslan.
DETENTION ORDER FOR ANTALYA POLICE CHIEF Antalya Police Chief İlker Arslan was suspended by the Ministry of Interior as part of an investigation conducted by the Antalya Chief Public Prosecutor's Office. Following his suspension, a detention order was issued for Arslan. A detention order was also issued for Arslan's wife.
REASON "BRIBERY INVESTIGATION" The details of the investigation have also been revealed. According to the directive from the Antalya Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, a detention order was issued for Arslan on charges of "facilitating bribery, qualified fraud, and unjust enrichment" as part of a corruption investigation targeting the Antalya Metropolitan Municipality.
Antalya Police Chief İlker Arslan WHO IS İLKER ARSLAN? He graduated from the Police Academy in 1994 with the rank of Assistant Commissioner and began his first duty at the Ankara Provincial Police Department. He later served in various units including the General Directorate of Security, Siirt, and Ankara, and worked as the Head of the Witness Protection Department from 2016 to 2021.
Between 2021 and 2024, he served for three years as the Interior Affairs Advisor at the Embassy of North Macedonia in Skopje. He was appointed as the Antalya Provincial Police Chief by the Presidential Decree dated 16.08.2024.
İlker Arslan was born in Sivas, is married, and has three children.
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