24.10.2026 02:40
In the investigation into fake tender documents and work experience certificates conducted in 13 provinces centered on Muğla, 18 suspects were arrested, including Milas Mayor Fevzi Topuz and his son Doruk Topuz. Of the 35 suspects, 2 were placed under house arrest, while 15 were released under judicial control conditions. It had been determined that the cost of the works shown as having been done although they were not done in the investigation was 2 billion 579 million lira.
Within the scope of an investigation into fake tender documents and work experience certificates conducted in 13 provinces centered on Muğla, 18 of 35 suspects, including Milas Mayor Fevzi Topuz and his son, who were detained and referred to the courthouse, were arrested.
Within the scope of the investigation conducted by the Muğla Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, the police procedures of the suspects who had been detained were completed.
After a medical examination, 22 of the suspects were referred to the courthouse, while 13 gave statements via the Audio and Visual Information System (SEGBİS) from the provinces where they were located.
Following the prosecutor's procedures, 18 of the suspects brought before the court, including Fevzi Topuz and his son Doruk Topuz, were arrested. A house arrest decision was issued for two suspects, while 15 suspects were released under judicial control conditions.
SIMULTANEOUS OPERATION IN 13 PROVINCES
Within the scope of the investigation, on October 20, detention orders were issued for 35 suspects regarding the crimes of establishing or managing an organization for the purpose of committing crimes or becoming a member of such an organization, bribery, bid-rigging, forgery of official documents, and aggravated fraud by using public institutions as instruments.
In the simultaneous operation carried out in Muğla as well as Adana, Ankara, Bursa, Elazığ, Hakkari, İstanbul, Gaziantep, Kilis, Kocaeli, Manisa, Van and Ordu, suspects including Milas Mayor Fevzi Topuz and his son Doruk Topuz were detained; in the investigation, it was determined that 35 tender documents belonging to 34 companies were fake, and that 33 work experience certificates belonging to 32 companies had been approved by Milas Municipality.
SAME IBAN, COPIED SIGNATURES
In the expert examination, it was determined that the same bank account number, tax identification number and IBAN information were used in the companies' application files. It was found that the employee and salary information in SGK service records matched, that the same financial advisor information appeared under different registry numbers in the company documents, and that the signatures on the documents were different.
In the examination, findings were also reached that the amounts on bank receipts did not match their numerical and written equivalents, that the signatures on provisional acceptance reports had been copied, and that the documents had been prepared by a single hand; the total tender amount of the works shown as completed although they had not been done was calculated as 2 billion 579 million 555 thousand 355 lira.
THEY ENTERED 25 PUBLIC TENDERS
According to information and documents obtained from the Public Procurement Authority, 8 companies using the work experience certificates issued with the aforementioned documents participated in 25 public tenders with a total amount of 3 billion 714 million 262 thousand 711 lira 18 kuruş, and it was determined that the companies made a direct or indirect capital increase of 342 million 880 thousand lira through these documents.