CHP's Eyüpsultan Mayor Mithat Bülent Özmen and 12 other people were arrested

Within the scope of the investigation carried out by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office against CHP's Eyüpsultan Municipality, 17 people, including Mayor Mithat Bülent Özmen, were referred to the criminal judgeship of peace on duty with a request for arrest.

After the judicial interrogation, 13 people, including Özmen, were arrested. Halil İbrahim Şahin, Ali Kemal Güler, Ali Yentur and Bilal Gören were released under judicial control measures.

WHAT ACCUSES WERE LEVED?

In the decision of the judgeship, Mayor Mithat Bülent Özmen was accused of "rigging tenders of public institutions or organizations", "taking bribes" and "being a member of an organization established for the purpose of committing a crime"; It was argued that there was concrete evidence indicating a strong suspicion of crime against Abdullah Erbin, Ayşe Kübra Emrehan, Aziz Pektanır, Hüdanur Yıldız, İbrahim Özdoğan, Mahmut Kırdemir, Mücahit Özdoğan, Özlem Kılıç, Serhan Urhan, Şeref Gedik, Tayfun Kurumahmut and Yunus Emre Bulut for "rigging the tender of public institutions or organizations".

BAN ON 4 PEOPLE FROM GOING ABROAD

Judgeship; He separately rejected the arrest requests made by the prosecutor's office for Ali Kemal Güler, Halil İbrahim Şahin, Ali Yentur and Bilal Gören.

WHAT HAPPENED?

Following the statements of the 28 people detained within the scope of the investigation to the prosecutor's office, 17 people, including Mayor Mithat Bülent Özmen, were referred to the criminal judgeship of peace on duty with a request for arrest, and 11 people were released with a judicial control measure.

It was stated that detention orders were issued for 28 people on charges of "being a member of a criminal organization", "taking a bribe", "giving bribes" and "tender rigging".