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Home > Current Affairs News > 6 Billion Lira Rent Allegation: Corruption and Irregular Management Scandal at Denizatı Kent Site

6 Billion Lira Rent Allegation: Corruption and Irregular Management Scandal at Denizatı Kent Site

Denizatı Kent Site, located on one of the most valuable plots of land in Zeytinburnu, is under the grip of rent-seeking. Criminal complaints have been filed against Mustafa Çakıroğlu and his wife Ceyda Çakıroğlu, who are alleged to have directed the process threatening the properties of 320 owners and conducted unauthorized negotiations on behalf of the site. The owners have launched a legal battle to protect their properties.

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Published: 10.10.2026 10:00 Updated: 10.10.2026 10:14
6 Billion Lira Rent Allegation: Corruption and Irregular Management Scandal at Denizatı Kent Site

At the Denizatı Kent Site, allegations of irregularities involving massive land and properties with a total value of 6 billion lira have caused an uproar among hundreds of site owners. A criminal complaint has been filed with the Public Prosecutor's Office against Mustafa Çakıroğlu and his wife Ceyda Çakıroğlu, who are alleged to have held authority for years in violation of the management plan.

UNAUTHORIZED NEGOTIATIONS AND RENT ALLEGATIONS ON BILLION-LIRA LAND

At the center of the incident is the site's land, which is worth a total of 6 billion lira. The biggest factor drawing the reaction of the owners is that this valuable land and the properties were being marketed to certain contractors for personal gain and kept hidden from everyone else.

According to information obtained, the couple, who organized secret meetings with contractors without any official or authorized basis and pressured owners with threats of core sampling, put the properties of hundreds of owners at serious risk.

A CHAIN OF IRREGULARITIES LASTING YEARS AND THE ACCUSATIONS

It is alleged that Mustafa Çakıroğlu, who is stated to be unemployed, and his teacher wife Ceyda Çakıroğlu appointed themselves as a two-person board of directors and deceived the site residents for years. 

The main accusations in the file brought to the judiciary by the owners against the couple are as follows:

The unlawful transfer of site dues and revenues to personal accounts, the collection of irregular dues for 10 years, repeatedly getting themselves elected as managers in violation of the management plan and making unfair collections for many years, using the income obtained by depositing the collected money into interest-bearing accounts for personal purposes, causing losses to the owners by showing site expenses as much higher than they are through fake invoices, and carrying out unauthorized transactions by abusing trust and disregarding the will of the owners.. 

On the other hand, it was learned that the owners also complained about teacher Ceyda Çakıroğlu to the Ministry of National Education. It was learned that Ceyda Çakıroğlu was involved in a scandal that was reflected in the media in the past, that various accusations were directed at her, and that an investigation was opened against her. 

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