29.04.2025 21:20
In the second wave of operations related to the corruption investigation against the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB), the interrogation procedures of the 48 individuals who were detained have been completed at the prosecutor's office. Out of the suspects, 30 were referred to the Peace Criminal Court with a request for arrest, while 18 were referred with a request for judicial control.
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30 people detained in the corruption investigation against İBB have been referred to the peace criminal court with a request for arrest.
THE CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION AGAINST İBB CONTINUES
The corruption investigation conducted by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office against suspects, including Ekrem İmamoğlu, who was removed from his position as the Mayor of İBB after his arrest, continues for charges of "being a leader of a criminal organization," "being a member of a criminal organization," "bribery," "corruption," "qualified fraud," "illegally obtaining personal data," and "interfering with a tender."
REQUEST FOR ARREST FOR 30 SUSPECTS
After their procedures at the police station, the suspects who were referred to the Istanbul Courthouse in Çağlayan completed their statements at the prosecutor's office. The statements of the 30 suspects, taken by 17 prosecutors working in the Organized Crimes Investigation Bureau, were referred to the on-duty peace criminal court with a request for arrest, while 18 suspects were referred with a request for judicial control measures.
INVESTIGATION
The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office had previously issued detention orders for 53 more suspects regarding the corruption investigation against suspects, including Ekrem İmamoğlu, who was removed from his position as the Mayor of İBB after his arrest, for charges of "being a leader of a criminal organization," "being a member of a criminal organization," "bribery," "corruption," "qualified fraud," "illegally obtaining personal data," and "interfering with a tender."
As a result, on April 26, 47 suspects were detained in operations conducted by the Financial Crimes Investigation Department teams in Istanbul, Ankara, and Tekirdağ. In the ongoing operations, 5 more people were detained, bringing the total number of detainees to 52.
4 SUSPECTS WERE BROUGHT TO THE COURTHOUSE YESTERDAY
Meanwhile, 4 suspects who were captured as part of the investigation and whose detention period had expired were brought to the courthouse yesterday. The suspects, whose statements were taken at the courthouse, were brought before the on-duty peace criminal court with a request for judicial control measures including "house arrest."
The court decided to impose judicial control measures on the 4 suspects in the form of "prohibition of leaving the country" and "signing."
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