
Following the arrest of Vahap Seçer, the Mersin Metropolitan Municipality Deputy Mayor election will be held today at 14.00.
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Mersin Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Vahap Seçer was arrested within the scope of the corruption investigation and was suspended from office by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Following the arrest of the Union of Municipalities of Türkiye and Mersin Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Vahap Seçer, the Mersin Metropolitan Municipality Deputy Mayor election will be held today at 14.00.
Butlan CHP Spokesperson Müslüm Sarı stated that their candidate is Gülşah Yıldırım Genç and said:
"As a result of our evaluations, we have determined our party's Mersin Metropolitan Municipality Deputy Mayor candidate as Gülşah Yıldırım Genç. Good luck to our party and the people of Mersin."
59 people, including Mersin Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Vahap Seçer, were detained in the operation carried out on October 1 on charges of "corruption". On October 6, 34 people, including Seçer Yenişehir Mayor Abdullah Özyiğit and Mezitli Mayor Ahmet Serkan Tuncer, were arrested.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs announced that it suspended three mayors from office with a 'temporary measure'.
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