17.10.2026 19:51
In the case filed with allegations of corruption against the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, the court ruled for the release of 7 defendants. In the interim ruling announced at the 101st hearing of the case with 436 defendants, including Ekrem İmamoğlu, it was ordered that İmamoğlu and other detained defendants remain in detention. The case was adjourned to November 2, while the number of detained defendants in the file dropped to 46.
The trial filed against the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB) on corruption allegations continues to be heard. The 101st hearing of the case, in which 436 defendants, 53 of them detained, including Ekrem İmamoğlu, are being tried, was completed today. In the İBB case continuing in Silivri, the court panel announced its interim decision regarding the detention review.
RELEASE DECISION FOR 7 DEFENDANTS
The court panel decided to release Ümit Polat, Purchasing Manager of Ağaç AŞ; Nilgün Cendek, Branch Manager of İBB Urban Ecological Systems; engineer Tolga Kılıç; Melih Gecek, General Manager of İSTTELKOM; Aytekin Karaarslan, Deputy General Manager of Ağaç AŞ; Fatih Temur, employee of Ağaç AŞ; and Adem Başer, General Manager of Güney Cebeci Company.
Melih Geçek, one of those for whom a release decision was issued, will not be able to leave prison because he was detained yesterday on another charge.
CASE POSTPONED TO NOVEMBER 2
No release decision was issued for Ekrem İmamoğlu and the other names among the detained defendants in the case. Following the decisions, 46 detained defendants remain in the case, which was postponed to November 2.