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Home > Current Affairs News > İzmit Mayor Fatma Kaplan Hürriyet arrested

İzmit Mayor Fatma Kaplan Hürriyet arrested

İzmit Mayor Fatma Kaplan Hürriyet and 19 others, including her husband, have been arrested in a corruption investigation.

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Published: 23.07.2026 21:47 Updated: 23.07.2026 22:06
İzmit Mayor Fatma Kaplan Hürriyet arrested

CHP İzmit Mayor Fatma Kaplan Hürriyet appeared before the Criminal Court of Peace with a request for her arrest. Mayor Fatma Kaplan Hürriyet was arrested by the court.

Within the scope of an investigation conducted into the CHP-run İzmit Municipality in Kocaeli, 21 people were referred to the criminal court of peace with a request for arrest. 

Among those referred to the court with a request for arrest were İzmit Mayor Fatma Kaplan Hürriyet and her husband. Of the 21 individuals referred for arrest, 15 have been arrested following the completion of their proceedings.

The names of the individuals arrested by the criminal courts of peace are as follows:

Fatma Kaplan Hürriyet (Mayor of İzmit)

Murat Hürriyet (Fatma Kaplan Hürriyet's husband)

Burak Güreşen

Cemil Yılmaz

Çetin Sarıca

Gökhan Ercan

Hakan Oral

Nusret Ömürhan Yılmaz

Zekiye Köstekli Oral

Adem Ok

Alihan Ünal

İrfan Can

Kenan Yılmaz

Nihat Önal

Seyhan Özcan


News Source: 12punto

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