Reaction from Mansur Yavaş to the detentions in Mersin: "The law should be applied equally to everyone"

Within the scope of the investigation carried out against Mersin Metropolitan Municipality and Yenişehir and Mezitli municipalities, 59 people, including three mayors, were detained in the morning.

Following the operation, Ankara Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Mansur Yavaş made a statement on his social media account.

Yavaş stated that elected mayors should be invited to testify as long as there is no suspicion of absconding or tampering with evidence, and stated that whether there is public harm will be revealed as a result of the Court of Accounts audits and trials.

“ELECTED MAYORS SHOULD BE INVITED TO TESTIFY”

Yavaş used the following statements in his statement:

"Mersin Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Vahap Seçer and two mayors were detained in the morning.

We believe that elected mayors should be invited to testify in accordance with the law, unless there is any suspicion of absconding or tampering with evidence.

Whether there is public harm or not is a legal issue that will arise as a result of the Court of Accounts audits and trials, and it is not possible for any documents in the municipalities to be lost.

Today, while there are very serious allegations and public harm discussions for which the public is waiting for answers, especially the funding issue that has victimized thousands of people, I remind you once again of the same principle:

The law should be applied equally to everyone.

Because different implementation of justice will cause the greatest damage to our legal system."

WHAT HAPPENED?

An investigation was launched against Mersin Metropolitan Municipality and Yenişehir and Mezitli municipalities by the Mersin Chief Public Prosecutor's Office. Within the scope of the investigation, 59 people, including Mersin Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Vahap Seçer, Yenişehir Mayor Abdullah Özyiğit and Mezitli Mayor Ahmet Serkan Tuncer, were detained in simultaneous operations on the morning of October 1.

It was reported that the investigation was carried out regarding tender and direct procurement transactions. It was claimed that in the investigations against Mersin Metropolitan Municipality, a total of 330 million 945 thousand TL public loss was detected in 13 tenders and 63 direct procurement.

MANSUR YAVAŞ RESIGNED FROM CHP