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The extortion case filed against Bolu Municipality is about allegations between the mayor and market officials.
Mayor Tanju Özcan, who was suspended from duty in the "extortion" case against Bolu Municipality, was sentenced to 7 years, 3 months and 15 days in prison for allegedly demanding money from market officials.
Within the scope of the victim incident, the prison sentence of 1 year and 15 days to 1 year and 8 months for each of the 34 victims, Tanju Özcan, was postponed.
Özcan was acquitted of fraud.
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Tanju Özcan, who was suspended from his duty as Mayor of Bolu, was sentenced to 7 years, 3 months and 15 days in prison in the trial. The sentence regarding the sacrifice incident was postponed.

On the 37th day of the IMM trial, the court made an interim decision to have secret witnesses present at the hearing, to intervene in the file by Beylikdüzü Municipality, and to bring the witnesses by force. The next hearing will be held on November 2, 2026.

The prosecutor's office presented its opinion in the Gaziosmanpaşa Municipality Case. Effective repentance was requested for Aziz İhsan Aktaş, and imprisonment and release were requested for the detained Mayor Hakan Bahçetepe on the charge of bribery. The decision will be made on October 27.

In the trial of Gaziosmanpaşa Mayor Hakan Bahçetepe, the prosecutor requested the release of the mayor, who has been detained for 16 months. Bahçetepe is on trial on charges of bribery and asset laundering, with a sentence of up to 24 years in prison.

The 9th hearing regarding the mining disaster in Erzincan's İliç district was held at Erzincan 1st High Criminal Court. The court decided to continue the arrest warrants for the defendants and to wait for the expert report and postponed the hearing to January 26, 2027.

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