Bribery and Illegal Escalation Case Continues in Bursa

The hearing, which was held closed by the Bursa 2nd High Criminal Court in the conference hall of the Bursa Regional Court of Justice, was attended by the detained and unarrested defendants and the lawyers of the parties. The hearing continues with hearing witness statements.

OPERATION AND INVESTIGATION PROCESS

Within the scope of the investigation carried out by the Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, it was determined that the then mayors of Nilüfer district, Mustafa Bozbey and Turgay Erdem, and some municipal employees provided financial benefits to themselves and the project owners by making irregular precedent increases in construction projects in return for bribes. On March 31, 57 suspects, including Mustafa Bozbey, his wife S. Bozbey, his daughter S.G, his brothers R. Bozbey and E. Bozbey, some municipal employees and many business people who were alleged to have paid bribes, were detained. was taken.

One of the suspects who was referred to the courthouse was released after interrogation by the prosecutor's office. Of the 56 suspects who were later referred to the criminal judgeship of peace, 23, including Bozbey, were arrested on April 4.

Apart from these people, it was decided to arrest 7 suspects within the scope of this file, including former Nilüfer Mayor Turgay Erdem, who was arrested on October 14, 2025 for crimes such as "bribery, establishing a criminal organization, laundering assets resulting from crime".

Later, in the indictment prepared against the defendants, Mustafa Bozbey was asked to be imprisoned for up to 402 years for the crimes of "establishing and leading an organization for the purpose of committing a crime", "taking bribes", "causing zoning pollution" and "irregular undertaking of public duty".

In the indictment, it was requested that former Nilüfer Mayor Turgay Erdem be sentenced to up to 946 years in prison, and the other 61 defendants to be sentenced to different rates of imprisonment.

Following the indictment accepted by the Bursa 2nd High Criminal Court, the first hearing of the case started on July 20.