24.10.2026 03:10
In Muğla, 18 suspects were arrested in an investigation into fake tender documents and work experience certificates concerning Milas Municipality. Among those arrested are Mayor Fevzi Topuz and his son Doruk Topuz. Two suspects were placed under house arrest. It is stated that the tender value of the works alleged to have been shown as completed despite not being done exceeds 2.5 billion lira.
Within the scope of the investigation conducted by the Muğla Chief Public Prosecutor's Office into the Milas Municipality of Muğla, 18 of the 35 suspects for whom detention orders were issued were remanded in custody. Among those remanded in custody were Milas Mayor Fevzi Topuz and his son Doruk Topuz, while house arrest decisions were issued for 2 suspects and judicial control decisions were issued for 15 people.
SIMULTANEOUS OPERATION IN 13 PROVINCES
Within the scope of the investigation conducted by the Muğla Chief Public Prosecutor's Office regarding the crimes of 'establishing an organization for the purpose of committing crimes, bribery, rigging tenders, forgery of official documents, and qualified fraud against public institutions and organizations,' a simultaneous operation was carried out in 13 provinces (Muğla, Adana, Ankara, Bursa, Elazığ, Hakkari, İstanbul, Gaziantep, Kilis, Kocaeli, Manisa, Van and Ordu) as part of the Muğla-centered investigation together with the Milas Mayor, and detention orders were issued for 35 people.
ALLEGATION OF UNPERFORMED WORK WORTH 2.5 BILLION LIRAS
In the operation against the suspects, it was alleged that work experience certificates were issued using forged tender documents exceeding 2.5 billion liras. In the examinations carried out within the scope of the investigation, it was claimed that work experience certificates were issued to companies that applied to Milas Municipality with forged tender documents, that applications were made with 35 forged tender documents belonging to 34 different companies, and that 33 work experience certificates belonging to 32 companies were approved by the municipality.
In the examinations of the expert appointed within the scope of the investigation, it was determined that the account numbers, tax identification numbers, and IBAN information of the applicant companies were the same, while the employee and salary information in the companies' SGK service records overlapped; it was found that although the financial advisor information was the same, the registry numbers were different. It was stated that the petitions requesting work experience certificates issued on behalf of different companies were in the same format, and that in the provisional acceptance reports, despite different dates, the signatures of the committee members were in the same shape and position.
According to the findings in the investigation file, it was alleged that the total tender amounts for the works that were not actually carried out but were shown as if they had been carried out was 2 billion 579 million 555 thousand 355 liras, that in the information and documents obtained from the Public Procurement Authority, 8 companies using work experience certificates obtained through forged documents participated in 25 tenders, including public tenders, and that the total amount of the tenders in question was 3 billion 714 million 262 thousand 711 liras and 18 kuruş.
MAYOR AND HIS SON SENT TO PRISON
The suspects referred to the Muğla courthouse were referred to the Criminal Judgeship of Peace with a request for their remand in custody after their statements to the prosecutor's office. While the Criminal Judgeship of Peace issued house arrest decisions for two suspects, remand in custody decisions were issued for 18 suspects, including Milas Mayor Fevzi Topuz and his son Doruk Topuz, and judicial control decisions were issued for 15 suspects.