"The state-run Anadolu news agency reported that Istanbul's prosecutor ordered the arrests in connection with an investigation into alleged extortion, bribery, fraud and bid rigging by the Bayrampasa district, where the CHP won in the last election. In a post on X, district mayor Hasan Mutlu denied the allegations. "What is happening consists of political operations and baseless slander. Be assured that, together with you, the valued residents of Bayrampasa, we will overcome these slanders and these acts of dishonesty," Mutlu said."
"More than a dozen mayors from the CHP and hundreds of staff have been arrested in recent months over allegations of corruption, including Ekrem Imamoglu, Istanbul's former mayor. The arrest of Imamoglu President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's main challenger in the next presidential elections led to the largest protests Turkey has seen in a decade. Since Imamoglu's detention, CHP leader Ozgur Ozel has emerged as Erdogan's next biggest political rival."
Turkish authorities detained the mayor of Istanbul's Bayrampasa district and dozens of city officials on allegations of extortion, bribery, fraud and bid rigging. Istanbul's prosecutor ordered the arrests in connection with the investigation in the CHP-held district. Bayrampasa Mayor Hasan Mutlu denied the allegations on X, calling them political operations and baseless slander and pledging to overcome them with residents. More than a dozen CHP mayors and hundreds of staff have been arrested in recent months, including former Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, whose arrest sparked the largest protests in a decade. CHP leader Ozgur Ozel has risen as a main political rival to President Erdogan, and an Ankara court will decide whether to annul the outcome of CHP's 2023 party conference, which could strip Ozel of his chairmanship. The government says the courts are independent.
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