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In Turkey, numerous opposition politicians have again been arrested during raids in the context of corruption investigations.
The Istanbul Public Prosecutor's Office has arrested 48 district politicians of the opposition party CHP. Among other things, they are accused of corruption and fraud. It is the continuation of a series of arrests.
Hasan Mutlu, the mayor of Istanbul's Bayrampasa district, was detained along with 47 other suspects on suspicion of bribery, embezzlement and fraud at dawn on Saturday. Mutlu is a politician from the opposition Republican People's Party (CHP). Several of his deputies were also detained in what they say is a fabricated corruption case. "This is a political action and baseless slander," the person involved wrote on X. Mutlu's arrest is part of a s…
In their action against the opposition party CHP, the Turkish authorities arrested dozens of other local politicians. ...
Turkish police have ordered the detention of Hasan Mutlu, the opposition mayor of one of Istanbul's districts, and nearly five dozen other people. They are being investigated on corruption charges, state news channel TRT Haber reported on Monday, according to Reuters. Representatives of the opposition Republican People's Party have long denied the corruption charges against their mayors, saying the authorities are acting on a political order fro…
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