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Ataşehir Municipality Deputy Mayor Murat Güneş and Eyüpsultan Mayor Mithat Bülent Özmen were suspended from their duties after they were arrested on October 5. This situation led to a management vacuum in municipalities and required elections to be held.
Ataşehir Municipality Deputy Mayor Murat Güneş and Eyüpsultan Mayor Mithat Bülent Özmen were arrested on October 5.
While Güneş and Özmen were suspended from duty by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the election date in the municipalities was announced.
According to the Istanbul Governorship's announcement, the election in Eyüpsultan Municipality will be held on Saturday, October 10, at 14.00.
In Ataşehir Municipality, the election will be held on Saturday, October 10, at 10:00.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Elections will be held in Ataşehir and Eyüpsultan Municipalities on October 10 and new mayors will be elected.
Very likely · Within days
The Ministry of Internal Affairs announced that the mayors of Eyüpsultan, Ataşehir, Yenişehir, Mersin and Mezitli were temporarily suspended from office within the scope of the Constitution and Municipal Law because they were arrested on charges such as bribery, forming an organization and bid rigging.

Istanbul Governorship announced that Ataşehir Deputy Mayor Murat Güneş, who was arrested by the Istanbul Anatolian Chief Public Prosecutor's Office within the scope of the investigation for the crimes of 'Being a Member of an Organization Established for the Purpose of Committing a Crime' and 'Taking Bribe', was suspended from his duty by the Ministry of Internal Affairs on 06.10.2026 and that the Municipal Council will convene on 10 October 2026 and a new deputy mayor will be elected.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs suspended Yenişehir Mayor Abdullah Özyiğit, Mersin Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Vahap Seçer and Mezitli Mayor Ahmet Serkan Tuncer after the arrest of Eyüpsultan Mayor Mithat Bülent Özmen. Vahap Seçer and Ahmet Serkan Tuncer were also removed from their respective municipalities union presidencies.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs suspended the mayors of Eyüpsultan, Ataşehir, Yenişehir, Mersin and Mezitli and Ataşehir Deputy Mayor Murat Güneş after they were arrested on charges of bribery, rigging institution tenders, fraud and establishing a criminal organization. Municipal councils will hold new elections for the vacant mayor and deputy mayor positions on October 10, 2026.

Eyüpsultan Mayor Mithat Bülent Özmen and Ataşehir Deputy Mayor Murat Güneş, who were arrested within the scope of a corruption and bribery investigation in Istanbul, were suspended from their duties by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Istanbul Governorship announced that Eyüpsultan Mayor Mithat Bülent Özmen and Ataşehir Deputy Mayor Murat Güneş, who were arrested within the scope of the investigations, were suspended from duty. Both district municipal councils will meet to elect a new deputy mayor on October 10, 2026.