08.07.2025 20:50
In three separate corruption investigations based in Istanbul, Adana Metropolitan Mayor Zeydan Karalar and five other suspects were arrested and subsequently detained by the court.
Aziz İhsan Aktaş, the Mayor of Adana, Zeydan Karalar, who was detained in the investigation against the criminal organization, has been arrested.
INVESTIGATION INTO CORRUPTION AT İBB
The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office is continuing the corruption investigation against the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB), the investigation into the criminal organization allegedly led by Aziz İhsan Aktaş, and the investigations initiated regarding the Büyükçekmece Municipality.
KARALAR REFERRED TO COURT WITH A REQUEST FOR ARREST
Adana Mayor Zeydan Karalar, Adıyaman Deputy Mayor Ceylan Kayhan, and Özcan Zenger, an employee responsible for cleaning services at the municipality, were referred to the peace criminal court with a request for arrest for the crime of 'committing fraud by coercion.' Businesspeople Kazım Gökhan Yankılıç, Burak Kangal, and Rabil Artan were referred for the crime of 'money laundering from crime,' while Ahmet Şahin's driver, Sonkan Turan, was referred for the crime of 'being a member of a criminal organization.' Lawyer Onur Büyükhatipoğlu was referred to the peace criminal court with a request for judicial control for the crime of 'being a member of a criminal organization,' and İbrahim Emre was referred for the crime of 'bribery' with a request for judicial control.
EIGHT PEOPLE ARRESTED ALONG WITH ZEYDAN KARALAR
Adana Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Zeydan Karalar was arrested after his defense was taken at the peace criminal court. The court decided to arrest Karalar along with Büyükçekmece Deputy Mayor Ahmet Şahin and his driver Sonkan Turan, Seyhan Municipality Office Worker Özcan Zenger, Adıyaman Deputy Mayor Ceyhan Kayhan, and businesspeople Burak Kangal, Rabil Atan, and Kazım Gökhan Yankılıç.
HOUSE ARREST DECISION FOR TUTDERE
Suspects Hayrettin Mermer and Ahmet Mermer were released by the prosecutor's office as they had previously been subject to a judicial control decision, while a house arrest judicial control decision was issued for Abdurrahman Tutdere, the Mayor of Adıyaman.