Operation against Milas Municipality. 29 people, including Mayor Fevzi Topuz, are detained

Investigations into allegations of corruption and bribery against CHP municipalities continue. An operation was organized against Milas Municipality in Muğla in the morning.

In the investigation carried out by the Muğla Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, a detention order was issued for 35 people, including CHP's Milas Mayor Fevzi Topuz. 29 of these people, including Topuz and his son, were detained.

It was reported that entrance to the municipality building was stopped due to searches carried out in the municipality.

Within the scope of the inspections carried out by the police teams in the municipality building, it was learned that riot police teams were on duty around the municipality building, while some units were searching inside.

While no statement was made regarding the operation, it was learned that the police's search continues.

WHAT ARE THE ACCUSES?

Giving details about the operation, NTV Regional Representative Merih Ak said that the suspects were accused of "establishing an organization to commit a crime", "bribery", "tender rigging", "forgery of official documents" and "qualified fraud to the detriment of public institutions and organizations".

Ak stated that the operation was carried out upon the detection of fake tender documents prepared by the chief prosecutor's office and fake work experience certificates being issued to companies applied by the municipality.

Merih Ak stated that it was claimed that it was revealed that 35 fake tender documents and 33 work experience documents were issued by 34 different companies.

According to the information provided by Ak; It is claimed that it has been determined that the IBAN numbers, tax identification numbers, and the number of employees and salaries in the SSI service documentation of these companies are the same.

Merih Ak stated that it was claimed that the tender price, which was shown as if it had been made in the documents approved by the municipality, reached 2.5 billion liras in total.