
As part of the corruption investigation carried out against the municipalities in Mersin, a large amount of foreign currency, gold and unlicensed weapons were found during the searches at the house of suspect Ali Ö.
During the searches carried out at the house of suspect Ali Ö., within the scope of the corruption investigation against municipalities in Mersin, 257 thousand 600 euros, 25 thousand 120 dollars, 64 thousand 100 pounds, 4 kilograms of gold bullion, many jewelry items and an unlicensed gun were seized.
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Mersin Chief Public Prosecutor's Office is conducting a corruption investigation against the Metropolitan, Mezitli and Yenişehir municipalities. 59 people were detained in the operation carried out on October 1.
Within the scope of the corruption investigations carried out by the Mersin Chief Public Prosecutor's Office against the Metropolitan Municipality and the Mezitli and Yenişehir municipalities, police teams carried out a search at the house of the suspect Ali Ö.
During the searches, 257 thousand 600 euros, 25 thousand 120 dollars, 64 thousand 100 pounds, 4 kilograms of gold bullion, 116 full republic gold coins, 8 half gold coins, 5 quarter gold coins, 2 grams of gold, an unlicensed gun, 3 magazines, 60 cartridges and tender documents were seized.
The items seized during the searches were recorded by the police camera.
A simultaneous operation was carried out on October 1 by the Mersin Chief Public Prosecutor's Office within the scope of corruption investigations carried out against the Metropolitan Municipality and Mezitli and Yenişehir municipalities. During the operation, 59 suspects, including Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Vahap Seçer, Mezitli Mayor Ahmet Serkan Tuncer and Yenişehir Mayor Abdullah Özyiğit, were detained, and it was stated that Doğukan Uyan and 3 people in the Metropolitan Municipality file were arrested in the previous operation.

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