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Former opposition mayor among 20 detained in bribery, money laundering probe in Turkey - Turkish Minute
A former district mayor from Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has been detained along with 20 others as part of a bribery and money laundering investigation based in the northwestern province of Bursa, the DHA news agency reported on Friday.
In an operation conducted in three provinces centered around Bursa, 21 people, including former CHP Nilüfer Mayor Turgay Erdem, were detained in connection with a bribery investigation. Searches are being conducted at the homes and workplaces of the detainees, and the search for two more is ongoing. The pressure on the CHP continues unabated. In Bursa, former CHP Nilüfer Mayor Turgay Erdem […] The article "21 People Detained, Including Former Ni…
An investigation has been launched into former CHP Nilüfer Mayor Turgay Erdem in Bursa on charges of "bribery, establishing a criminal organization, and money laundering." Acting on instructions from the Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, KOM teams conducted simultaneous operations against Erdem and 21 other suspects.
Detention warrants were issued for 23 people, including CHP member Turgay Erdem, who served as mayor of Bursa's Nilüfer district between 2019 and 2024, as part of an investigation into bribery, establishing a criminal organization, and laundering assets derived from crime. Erdem was reportedly taken into custody, and teams conducted searches at numerous locations.
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