Buca mayor detained in latest crackdown on CHP-run municipalities

İZMİR

Authorities on June 1 issued detention warrants for 62 individuals, including Görkem Duman, the mayor of İzmir’s Buca district, as part of an anti-corruption investigation in the latest crackdown on opposition-run municipalities.

In a simultaneous early-morning operation, Duman and former Buca Mayor Erhan Kılıç were among those detained.

Of the 62 suspects, 53 were taken into custody, while three were already in prison and six others were reported to be on the run.