14.11.2026 00:50
In the second wave of the operation carried out within the scope of the investigation conducted against businessman Cafer Mahiroğlu for the crimes of "bribery," "rigging a tender," and "laundering assets derived from crime," 5 of the 8 suspects taken into custody were arrested.
In the second wave of the bribery and bid-rigging investigation into Cafer Mahiroğlu, 5 of the 8 suspects detained were arrested. Those arrested include former officials of the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality.
The investigation launched by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office into suspect Cafer Mahiroğlu on charges of 'bribery,' 'bid-rigging,' and 'money laundering of assets derived from crime' is ongoing.
FIVE ARRESTS IN SECOND WAVE
The procedures at the criminal judgeship of peace for the 8 suspects who were detained within the scope of the investigation and referred to the Istanbul Courthouse in Çağlayan have been completed.
The judgeship decided to arrest suspects former Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Secretary-General Ramazan Tezcan, former Head of the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Machinery and Supply Department Haluk Harun Tuzsuzoğlu, Mehmet Meral, a controller at the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Machinery and Supply Department, and Doruk Bulut and İbrahim Tuncol.
Judicial control measures were ordered for the other suspects, Filiz Bulut, İbrahim Seyfittinoğlu and Murat Topuz.
CAFER MAHİROĞLU INVESTIGATION
In a statement by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, it was stated that findings had been reached indicating that Cafer Mahiroğlu used his connections at the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality to ensure the establishment of BUSTECH Araç Bakım Onarım Hizmetleri AŞ and that unjust benefits were obtained through municipal tenders.
In the statement, it was recorded that, in line with MASAK data and other evidence, unrecorded bribe payments of 14 million 464 thousand lira linked to the tender processes were made, payments were made at exorbitant prices for work obtained through the company, and it was determined that revenues were transferred to companies associated with Mahiroğlu.
In the statement, which noted that the total transaction volume of companies associated with Mahiroğlu was 30 billion 352 million 37 thousand 389 lira 15 kuruş, and that there were money inflows totaling 1 billion 62 million 260 thousand 3 lira 28 kuruş through 459 separate transactions and money outflows totaling 1 billion 118 million 591 thousand 33 lira 88 kuruş through 564 separate transactions in his personal bank accounts, it was reported that foreign money transfers and asset acquisitions were also taken under examination.
The statement conveyed that companies determined to be in which suspect Mahiroğlu was a partner, manager, or associated with were seized by a decision of the criminal judgeship of peace, and that the Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) was decided to be appointed as trustee.
Within the scope of the investigation, suspects Harika Akkaya, Hasan Özdemir, İbrahim Özdemir, Armağan Küçük, Mustafa Özdemir, Halit Akın, Ali Turan, Mediha Burumoğlu, Murat Koçak, Erkan Yağcı, Süleyman Özen and Mehmet Necati Yağcı were detained.
In the investigation, in which information was obtained that the suspects Cafer Mahiroğlu, Hakan Arıcan and Sevim Kul were abroad???????, it was determined that suspect Doruk Bulut was in prison for another crime and suspect Fatih Yadoğlu was a fugitive.
Of the 12 suspects taken into custody, 4 were arrested, and judicial control measures were imposed on 8 suspects, 4 of them in the form of house arrest.
Meanwhile, within the scope of the investigation, the criminal judgeship of peace also imposed an access block on the social media accounts of Halk TV, to which TMSF had been appointed as trustee.
In the continuation of the investigation, after 1 more suspect was detained and then arrested, the number of those arrested became 5. Within the scope of the investigation, 8 more suspects were detained in the second wave operation.