İzmit mayor, senior officials detained as CHP-run district hit by probe
KOCAELİ
Authorities have detained 28 people, including İzmit Mayor Fatma Kaplan Hürriyet, her husband Murat Hürriyet and the local district chair from the Republican People’s Party (CHP) in the northwestern province of Kocaeli, as part of a corruption investigation targeting the main opposition-run municipalities.
According to the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, the probe focuses on allegedly irregular municipal tenders and is based on suspect testimonies, statements given under the effective remorse provisions and accounts from confidential witnesses.
Prosecutors issued detention warrants for 31 suspects on charges including forming a criminal organization, bribery and bid-rigging.
