CHP stalls corruption probe in Istanbul municipality

CHP stalls corruption probe in Istanbul municipality

The main opposition’s CHP is trying to 'cover up corruption' at the Istanbul municipality, a city council member argues, citing the party’s...

Bitlis delegate Veysi Uyanık, who testified as a witness in the investigation into allegations that votes were cast in exchange for money at the dubious CHP convention, said that he met with Ekrem İmamoğlu and Özgür Karabat in Istanbul, received 100 thousand lira and market cards from Karabat and distributed them to the delegates. He also stated that a person was hired at İSKİ in return for some support. Uyanık demanded that the allegations be i…

Speaking at the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) Council, AK Party Council Member Muhammet Kaynar said, "Do you know how much the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality's debt was as of the end of 2018? Before we move on to these, it was 26 billion 760 million. It increased from 26 billion 760 million to 215 billion 297 million. The debt increased by 704.54 percent in 5 years. When you include the debt of İSKİ and İETT, the total debt is 264…

In the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB) Assembly, the proposal to establish a commission of inquiry into allegations of corruption carried out by the AK Party group in connection with the municipal and subsidiary companies was rejected by a vote of CHP members.