08.07.2025 08:50
As part of the 'corruption' investigation conducted against the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB), 13 suspects, including Adana Metropolitan Mayor Zeydan Karalar and Adıyaman Mayor Abdurrahman Tutdere, who were detained, were taken for a health check and then referred to the courthouse.
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Thirteen individuals, including Adana Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Zeydan Karalar and Adıyaman Mayor Abdurrahman Tutdere, who were detained as part of the 'corruption' investigation against the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM), were subjected to a health check this morning.
The procedures of the 13 suspects, who were detained in connection with the investigation of the criminal organization allegedly led by Aziz İhsan Aktaş and three separate investigations related to the Büyükçekmece Municipality, have been completed at the police station. After the health check at Bayrampaşa State Hospital, the suspects were transferred to the Istanbul Courthouse in Çağlayan.
CHP MAYORS WERE DETAINED ON SATURDAY
According to the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, the corruption investigation against the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) was conducted in connection with the investigation of the criminal organization allegedly led by Aziz İhsan Aktaş and three separate investigations related to the Büyükçekmece Municipality. Among those detained were Adana Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Zeydan Karalar, Adıyaman Mayor Abdurrahman Tutdere, Adıyaman Deputy Mayor Ceyhan Kayhan, Büyükçekmece Deputy Mayor Ahmet Şahin, Şahin's driver Sonkan Turan, businessmen Hayrettin Mermer, Burak Kangal, Rabil Artan, and Kazım Gökhan Yankılıç, lawyer Onur Büyükhatipoğlu, and former Seyhan Municipality Cleaning Affairs Manager Özcan Zenger, along with Ahmet Murat Mermer and İbrahim Emre Mermer.
AZİZ İHSAN AKTAŞ CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION INVESTIGATION
In the investigation into the criminal organization led by Aziz İhsan Aktaş, after he provided a statement of effective remorse, the testimonies of witnesses working in companies owned by Aktaş and some detained suspects were examined along with the documents they submitted.
In this context, it was determined that the suspect Adana Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Zeydan Karalar had demanded unjust financial benefits from the executives of companies doing business with the municipality during his term as Seyhan Mayor and directed individuals to the then Seyhan Municipality Cleaning Affairs Manager, suspect Özcan Zenger.
It was also determined that suspect Adıyaman Mayor Abdurrahman Tutdere had demanded unjust financial benefits from the executives of companies doing business with the municipality and that money was given to suspect Deputy Mayor Ceyhan Kayhan on different dates as a result of directing individuals to him.
In the investigation, four suspects were identified who had been found to have acquired vehicles and real estate with the proceeds of crime from the detained suspect former Beşiktaş Mayor Rıza Akpolat.
In this context, a detention order was issued for eight suspects, including Zeydan Karalar, Özcan Zenger, Abdurrahman Tutdere, and Ceyhan Kayhan.
BÜYÜKÇEKMECE DEPUTY MAYOR ŞAHİN WAS CAUGHT IN THE CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION AGAINST IMM
In the corruption investigation conducted by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office against suspects, including Ekrem İmamoğlu, who was detained and removed from the IMM Presidency, some suspects stated that they wanted to benefit from the provisions of effective remorse regarding charges of "being a leader of a criminal organization," "being a member of a criminal organization," "extortion," "bribery," "qualified fraud," "illegally obtaining personal data," and "interfering with a tender." Their statements and the documents they submitted were examined.
In the statements, it was claimed that during the tenders taken from IMM and its affiliates, pressure and coercion were applied by Fatih Keleş, and that they were forced to give money to the individuals he designated.
As a result of the findings, it was determined that the money in question was received by Büyükçekmece Deputy Mayor Ahmet Şahin and his driver.
ALLEGATIONS OF ACTIVITIES AIMED AT PREVENTING ORGANIZATIONAL DISSOLUTION
In the corruption investigation against IMM, it was determined that lawyer Onur Büyükhatipoğlu was involved in activities aimed at preventing organizational dissolution by controlling and pressuring suspects during meetings held with high-level executives of the organization before the operation and during prison visits after the operation.
It was learned that Büyükçekmece Deputy Mayor Ahmet Şahin, his driver Sonkan Turan, and lawyer Onur Büyükhatipoğlu were detained as a result of these findings.
BÜYÜKÇEKMECE MUNICIPALITY CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION
In the corruption investigation against Büyükçekmece Municipality, it was determined that suspect Büyükçekmece Mayor Hasan Akgün demanded real estate from projects in exchange for construction permits and occupancy permits from companies constructing in the district, forced some business owners to provide real estate, and that he had transferred some of the acquired real estate to his relatives and made payments to companies he openly did business with.
In this context, it was determined that Hasan Akgün had given a total of four villas to his relatives and companies, and a detention order was issued for the owners of the companies and four suspects identified as having received the real estate for the crimes of "giving bribes" and "receiving bribes."
Furthermore, it was learned that the suspects were businessmen.
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