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.

Operasyonun gerekçesi ve kapsamı hakkında yetkili makamlardan henüz resmi bir açıklama yapılmadı.

Fatma Kaplan Hürriyet, the mayor of the central Izmit district in the northwestern province of Kocaeli, was detained on Monday on corruption charges. Her...