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Uşak Mayor Detained in Bribery Probe Amid Growing Crackdown on Main Opposition - Stockholm Center for Freedom

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Turkish authorities detained the mayor of Uşak along with 10 others on Friday as part of a bribery investigation, the latest move in an expanding legal campaign targeting municipalities run by the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), Turkish Minute reported. Özkan Yalım, the CHP mayor of Uşak in western Turkey, was taken into custody following simultaneous police raids in Uşak, Ankara and Kocaeli, carried out under an investigation l…
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Shocking details have emerged in the major corruption investigation targeting the CHP-led Uşak Municipality. Mayor Özkan Yalım, who is facing charges of bribery and bid rigging, was apprehended and taken into custody at a luxury hotel in Ankara along with a 21-year-old municipal employee, alleged to be one of his two girlfriends.

·Istanbul, Türkiye
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Striking images and details have emerged in the corruption and bribery operation launched against Uşak Municipality. Uşak Mayor Özkan Yalım, a member of the CHP (Republican People's Party), who faces allegations of rigging tenders and bribery, was arrested in a luxury hotel room in Ankara along with a 21-year-old municipal employee, S.A. During a search of the hotel room, it was discovered that a second phone, whose password Yalım refused to pro…

CHP's Uşak Mayor Özkan Yalım was taken into custody this morning. Yalım was the person who brought the municipality back to the CHP after 37 years.

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Following allegations of bribery against Uşak Mayor Özkan Yalım, action was taken. In simultaneous raids conducted in 3 provinces, a total of 11 people, including Yalım, were taken into custody... Click here for more.

·Türkiye
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Özkan Yalım, the CHP mayor of Uşak, was taken into custody this morning as part of a corruption investigation. Both his political career and his background in the business world have become a subject of curiosity.

·Türkiye
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Halk TV broke the news in Ankara, Türkiye on Friday, March 27, 2026.
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