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Opposition district mayor arrested in Istanbul
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Die Zeit·47 minutes ago·Politics·1 min read·🇩🇪Germany·

Opposition district mayor arrested in Istanbul

The public prosecutor's office is investigating Mithat Bülent Özmen and 27 other people on suspicion of criminal organization and bribery.

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  • CHP district mayor Mithat Bülent Özmen was arrested in Istanbul.
  • The Ankara public prosecutor's office is investigating him and 27 other people on suspicion of criminal association, bribery and tender manipulation.

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Since the local elections in 2024, the opposition party CHP in Turkey has been under strong pressure from the government.

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An opposition district mayor has been arrested in Istanbul. The Ankara public prosecutor's office is investigating Mithat Bülent Özmen and 27 other people on suspicion of membership in a criminal organization, bribery and manipulation of tenders, the state news agency Anadolu reported.

Özmen was elected mayor of the Eyüpsultan district for the opposition CHP in the 2024 local elections. He received around 48 percent of the vote.

Since its electoral success, the CHP has been under considerable pressure from the Turkish government. Human rights organizations see the arrests of elected mayors and proceedings against the party leadership as a broader crackdown on the opposition. Several CHP mayors are imprisoned, including Ekrem İmamoğlu, whom the CHP nominated as a presidential candidate. An appeals court removed Özgür Özel as CHP chairman in May 2026. In July, Özel founded the New Party, Yeni Parti, with other MPs.

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