An Istanbul court on Aug. 24 delivered its verdict in the trial of seven opposition mayors and municipal officials, acquitting businessman Aziz İhsan Aktaş, who had been referred to as the alleged ringleader of a criminal organization, of charges of establishing an organization to manipulate tenders.

A court in Istanbul is expected to deliver a verdict in a massive trial where a businessman is accused of collaborating with several opposition mayors in...

An Istanbul court on Aug. 24 delivered its verdict in the trial of seven opposition mayors and municipal officials, acquitting businessman Aziz İhsan Aktaş, who had been referred…