Operation against Bakırköy Municipality: 68 detained

Bakırköy Chief Public Prosecutor's Office announced that detention orders were issued for 68 suspects within the scope of the investigation launched into the crimes of "tender rigging" and "extortion" against Bakırköy Municipality.

According to the news in AA, in the statement made by the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, it was stated that the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office received notices stating that public damage occurred as a result of criminal irregularities in the tender files for the purchase of goods and services made by the Bakırköy Municipality, that money was unlawfully demanded from business owners who requested a business license, and that the license procedures of businesses that did not pay the requested amount were left in progress.

The statement included the following statements:

"In the investigation carried out by the Bakırköy Chief Public Prosecutor's Office for the crimes of 'tender rigging' and 'extortion', taking into account the provisions of the 'Turkish Penal Code No. 5237', 'Public Financial Management and Control Law No. 5018', 'Public Procurement Law No. 4734', 'Public Procurement Contracts Law No. 4735' and the Goods Procurement Tenders Implementation Regulation, 2024-2026 After an expert examination was carried out on 42 open and negotiated tender files made by different directorates of Bakırköy Municipality in 2017, HTS records and MASAK reports of the suspects were analyzed, communication detection and monitoring measures were applied with technical tools, 68 suspects, including deputy mayors, municipal council members and municipal personnel and representatives of companies participating in the tenders, who were considered to have participated in the alleged crimes, were sent to Istanbul Provincial Gendarmerie Command KOM Branch Directorate to capture, detain and take statements. "Inspection, search and seizure instructions have been given."

According to the news in DHA, 56 suspects, including 5 vice presidents and 2 council members, were detained in the operation carried out in the morning.