Abdurrahman Tutdere, Zeydan Karalar and Muhittin Böcek were detained

Adıyaman Mayor Abdurrahman Tutdere and Adana Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Zeydan Karalar were detained.

Abdurrahman Tutdere shared on his social media account, “I was detained from my home in Ankara this morning. I am being taken to Istanbul.”

Zeydan Karalar was detained in Istanbul.

THEY ALSO TOOK HASAN AKGÜN'S DEPUTY MAYORSHIP

In addition to Tutdere and Karalar, Deputy Mayor Ahmet Şahin, who was elected to replace the arrested Büyükçekmece Mayor Hasan Akgün, was detained.

It was also learned that the detentions were made within the scope of the investigation into the Aziz İhsan Aktaş criminal organization, and detention orders were issued for 15 suspects.

MUHITTİN BÖCEK WAS ALSO DETAINED

Antalya Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Muhittin Böcek was also detained upon the instructions of the Antalya Public Prosecutor's Office. According to the information obtained, within the scope of the investigation conducted by the Antalya Public Prosecutor's Office, legal proceedings were initiated against Antalya Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Muhittin Böcek, his son Mustafa Gökhan Böcek and his former daughter-in-law Zeynep Kerimoğlu for "bribery".

STATEMENT FROM ISTANBUL CHIEF PUBLIC PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE

The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office made the following statement regarding the detention decisions taken within the scope of the Aziz İhsan Aktaş investigation:

In investigation file numbered 2024/228233; As a result of the examination of the statements received and the documents submitted by some suspects who stated that they wanted to benefit from the effective repentance provisions; As a result of the findings made regarding the allegations that they were forced to give money to people determined by Fatih KELEŞ as a result of the pressure and coercion made by Fatih KELEŞ within the scope of tenders received from IMM and its affiliates, it was decided that searches and seizures be carried out at the addresses of Büyükçekmece Deputy Mayor Ahmet ŞAHİN and his driver, who were found to have received the money, and they were detained for the crime of extortion. Search and seizure operations be carried out at the address of lawyer Onur BÜYÜKHATİPOĞLU, who was found to have engaged in activities to prevent organizational dissolution by keeping the suspects under control and pressure in the meetings held with the senior executives of the organization before the operation and in prison visits after the operation, and he was detained for the crime of being a member of a criminal organization. In investigation file numbered 2024/236201; As a result of the examination of the statements taken and documents submitted by the witnesses working in the companies belonging to Aziz İhsan AKTAŞ, who was released after showing remorse and making detailed statements while under arrest for the crimes of establishing and managing a criminal organization and giving bribes, and some suspects detained within the scope of the investigation; As a result of the findings made regarding the allegations that during his term as Seyhan Mayor, Zeydan KARALAR made unfair financial gains from company executives doing business with the municipality and that money was given to Özcan ZENGER on different dates upon referring people to the then Seyhan Municipality Cleaning Affairs Director Özcan ZENGER, it was decided that searches and seizures were carried out at the addresses of Adana Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Zeydan KARALAR and Özcan ZENGER and that they were detained for the crime of extortion. As a result of the findings made regarding the allegations that during his term as Seyhan Mayor, Zeydan KARALAR and Özcan ZENGER made unfair financial gains from company executives doing business with the municipality and that money was given to Ceyhan KAYHAN on different dates upon referring people to the Deputy Mayor Ceyhan KAYHAN, it was decided that searches and seizures were carried out at the addresses of Adıyaman Mayor Abdurrahman TUTDERE and Adıyaman Deputy Mayor Ceyhan KAYHAN and that they were detained for the crime of extortion. and being a member of a criminal organization, it was decided to conduct searches and seizures at the addresses of 4 (four) suspects who were determined to have carried out the vehicles and immovables purchased with the proceeds of the crime by the former Beşiktaş Mayor Rıza AKPOLAT, and to detain them for the crime of laundering the assets obtained from crime. In the investigation file numbered 2025/76021, it was determined that the former Büyükçekmece Mayor Hasan AKGÜN requested real estate from the projects in return for construction permits and occupancy permits from the companies doing construction in the district, forced some business owners to give real estates, made some of the real estates acquired in this context under the names of his relatives and made payments to the companies with which he openly did business with some of them. Within the scope of the findings that Hasan AKGÜN gave a total of 4 (four) villas to his relatives and companies, and took over the real estates, it was decided to detain them for the crimes of giving and receiving bribes. "It is given. It is presented to the public."

Source: NEWS CENTER