An investigation was launched by the Izmir Chief Public Prosecutor's Office following the allegation of corruption by subcontracted companies in İZBETON A.Ş., a subsidiary of the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality, and a detention order was issued for 157 suspects on July 1, 2025.
139 suspects, including former Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Tunç Soyer, former CHP Izmir Provincial Chairman Şenol Aslanoğlu and former İZBETON General Manager Heval Savaş Kaya, were detained. Following the procedures at the police and courthouse, some suspects, including Soyer, Aslanoğlu and Kaya, were arrested.
After the investigation was completed, a cooperative case was filed against the defendants, including Soyer and Aslanoğlu; Three different indictments were prepared on charges of corruption in 'asphalt pavement, road and construction maintenance, repair and renewal works' and 'corruption in the procurement of construction equipment and vehicle rental services'. Heval Savaş Kaya was listed as a defendant in all 3 indictments.
ANOTHER INDICTMENT HAS BEEN PREPARED
Within the scope of the corruption investigation in "construction equipment and vehicle rental service procurement"; The indictment prepared for 56 people, including Heval Savaş Kaya, for allegedly committing the crime of "complicating the execution of an act" more than once in a chain, requesting a prison sentence of 3 years to 12 years and 3 months, was accepted by the Izmir 17th Criminal Court of First Instance.
The court decided to release all defendants. Heval Savaş Kaya was not released because he was detained within the scope of different ongoing investigations. During the trial, an indictment was prepared for 13 defendants among the 56 defendants, on the grounds that there was forgery and irregularity in the progress payment documents issued in İZBETON's vehicle and construction equipment rental tenders, for the crimes of "forgery of private documents" and "fraud to the detriment of public institutions and organizations", with a request for imprisonment from 5.5 years to 18 years each. The prepared indictment was combined with the existing file.
"I STATE THAT IT SHOULD NOT BE ACCEPTED"
The trial of the detained defendants continued today at the Izmir 17th Criminal Court of First Instance. Heval Savaş Kaya, who was detained for other investigations, and some undetained defendants and lawyers attended the hearing. It was stated that the expert report requested in the previous hearings did not reach the court, and Izmir Metropolitan Municipality requested to participate in the case as the victim of the crime.
Heval Savaş Kaya, who took the floor at the hearing, said, "The internal audit reports that formed the basis for the initiation of the investigation contain malicious and untrue allegations. Apart from these reports, there is no evidence against me in the defendant's statements, information and documents in the file, and the expert report taken by the court. I think that Izmir Metropolitan Municipality's request to participate in the case stems from the changing political climate and I express that it should not be accepted."
INTERIM DECISION AFTER DEFENSE AND STATEMENTS
After the defense and statements, the interim decision was announced. The judge ruled that Izmir Metropolitan Municipality's request to participate in the case would be decided after the evaluation to be made after the expected expert report reaches the court, and ruled that the deficiencies in the file should be eliminated and the judicial control measures against the defendants would continue, and postponed the hearing to January 18, 2027.
