Breaking News: Second 'Gendarmerie' operation against IMM! Detention warrants issued for 14 people

A new operation has been launched as part of an ongoing investigation into the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM). According to NTV, detention warrants were issued for 14 people, and it was learned that the Gendarmerie is conducting the operation.

In the second operation carried out by the Gendarmerie against the municipality, it is alleged that corruption took place in advertising tender processes.

While detention warrants were issued for 14 people, 13 of them have been detained. It was reported that Özer Yıldız is 'at large'.

STATEMENT FROM THE CHIEF PUBLIC PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE

The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office made the following statement regarding the matter:

"It is being investigated that Taner Çetin, Head of the IMM Press, Broadcasting and Public Relations Department, who has been connected to Ekrem İmamoğlu since his time as Mayor of Beylikdüzü, has been involved in corruption at the IMM under the authority of Murat Ongun after İmamoğlu became the Mayor of IMM." The statement indicated that Çetin organized tenders through companies close to him.

The statement continued as follows:

"He caused public loss by providing financial gain to both himself and the criminal organization from the companies that won the tenders. Detention warrants have been issued for approximately 14 IMM personnel, company officials, and employees regarding the tenders Taner Çetin was involved in, on charges of membership in an organization, rigging tenders, bribery, and qualified fraud."

NAMES DETAINED

The names detained within the scope of the operation are as follows:

1. Doğukan ARICI (TANER ÇETİN’S DRIVER)

2. İlkay ONOK (TANER ÇETİN’S DRIVER)

3. Baran YALGI

4. Özer YILDIZ (At large)

5. Emine Merve KÖSEOGLU

6. Ömer AYDIN

7. Ümit GÜNGÖR

8. Ferhat KARATOP

9. Mehmet ÜNAL

10. Canan ÇETIN

11. Örsan ÇETİN (TANER ÇETİN’S SON)

12. Ali ARSLAN

13. Ahmet IŞIK

14. Serkan GÜRSOY

97 PEOPLE ARRESTED

As part of the investigation conducted into the IMM, 97 people have been arrested so far, and judicial control measures are being applied to 206 individuals.

News Source: 12punto