20.03.2025 17:40
New details continue to emerge in the corruption investigation against the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB). As part of the operation in which detention orders were issued for 106 individuals, it has been revealed that Murat Ongun and Fatih Keleş met with Necati Özkan in an office belonging to him at Akmerkez, where they organized the tenders for Media and Culture Inc. and awarded advertising boards to the same companies at low prices.
New details continue to emerge regarding the corruption investigation against the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM). Within the scope of the operation, which has detention warrants for 106 individuals, it is claimed that serious irregularities related to Media and Culture Inc. have been identified.
MAJOR FRAUD THROUGH BILLBOARDS
One of the most important details concerning the investigation is related to the billboards and panels that were tendered to Culture Inc. by the IMM Council for 40 million TL... It is stated that these billboards and panels were tendered for a period of 10 years, but were left under the control of a company named Vizyonkent Reklam at a price below the market value.
2 BILLION 574 MILLION TL PUBLIC LOSS
Additionally, it has been revealed that practices contrary to the tender specifications and contract were carried out, that locations not included in the tender were used for commercial purposes, and that high-revenue practices were implemented by reducing the number of billboards. It is reported that a public loss of 1 billion 189 million TL + VAT occurred in the third year of the contract, and 2 billion 574 million TL + VAT by the end of the contract.
THEY MET IN NECATİ ÖZKAN'S OFFICE
Another significant allegation that has emerged in the investigation is that Murat Ongun and Fatih Keleş met in Necati Özkan's office in Akmerkez to organize the tenders of Media and Culture Inc....
THEY GAVE CONTRACTS TO THE SAME COMPANIES AT LOW PRICES
Moreover, it is claimed that they awarded the billboards to the same companies at low prices and ignored the companies' violations of the contract, failing to impose the necessary fines that should have been applied.