44 people were detained in the operation against irregularities in Çukurova Municipality

"establishing, managing and becoming a member of an organization for the purpose of committing a crime" regarding the allegations that Adana Chief Public Prosecutor's Office made irregularities in the tenders and direct procurements made in Çukurova Municipality, that the "exception" provision in Article 3/g of the Public Procurement Law No. 4734 was used irregularly in the procurements made through the joint stock company affiliated with the municipality, that bribes were taken in return for the progress payments of the contractors who received work from the municipality, and that the salaries of some municipal personnel were paid even though they did not actually go to work, An investigation was launched for the crimes of "bribery", "qualified fraud" and "tender rigging".

In line with the expert report prepared as a result of the examination carried out by a 3-person expert committee on the tender and direct procurement documents for the years 2024, 2025 and 2026 obtained from Çukurova Municipality upon notices within the scope of the file, and other evidence obtained within the scope of the investigation, an operation was organized against 51 suspects, including Çukurova Mayor Emrah Kozay, the previous mayor Soner Çetin, 4 deputy mayors and 1 manager of the joint-stock company affiliated with the municipality.

In the operation carried out by the gendarmerie teams, 44 suspects, including Emrah Kozay, Soner Çetin and 4 deputy mayors, were detained.

It was learned that among the suspects were 4 tradesmen and contractors who received work from the municipality, and municipal personnel who allegedly received salaries from the municipality even though they were not actually working.

We are looking for 7 suspects whose addresses could not be found.