Melih Gökçek posted 8 hours before the ABB operation! 'Are you ready, Ankara?'

Thirteen people have been detained as part of an investigation launched into the Ankara Metropolitan Municipality over allegations of "public loss" amounting to 154 million TL due to concert expenditures between 2021 and 2024. It has emerged that 8 hours before the operation, former Ankara Metropolitan Mayor Melih Gökçek posted, "Are you ready, Ankara? Are you ready, Turkey? A billion-lira heist is about to explode in Ankara."

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Melih Gökçek posted 8 hours before the ABB operation! 'Are you ready, Ankara?'

The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has launched an investigation into the Ankara Metropolitan Municipality over allegations that "expenditures made for concerts held between 2021 and 2024 caused public loss."

13 PEOPLE DETAINED

It was reported that 13 people were detained in an operation carried out by the Financial Crimes Investigation Bureau of the Ankara Police Department as part of the investigation.

SOCIAL MEDIA POST BEFORE THE OPERATION DRAWS ATTENTION

A social media post made a few hours before the operation began has become a topic of discussion.

MESSAGE FROM GÖKÇEK 8 HOURS BEFORE THE OPERATION

Former Ankara Metropolitan Mayor Melih Gökçek, at 12:35 AM and 8 hours before the operation, "A billion-lira heist is about to explode in Ankara" it was determined that he made the post in this manner.

In Gökçek's post, it was also seen that he included, "Are you ready, Ankara? Are you ready, Turkey?" It was noted that Gökçek pinned the post to his profile.

ARE YOU READY, ANKARA?
ARE YOU READY, TURKEY?
A BILLION-LIRA SCANDAL IS ABOUT TO EXPLODE IN ANKARA... pic.twitter.com/sAlhk9SRpY
— İbrahim Melih Gökçek (@06melihgokcek) September 22, 2025

FIRST STATEMENT FROM GÖKÇEK

Meanwhile, Gökçek made a new statement following the comments on his post.

Claiming that the operation had no connection to his post, Gökçek "That heist is a multi-billion heist. Your lips will be left trembling when you hear it... The scandal is about to explode" used these expressions.

ANKARA METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY ALSO OPERATED ON CONCERT HEISTS...

IT IS EXTREMELY NATURAL FOR THIS TO BE DONE...

THIS INCIDENT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE TWEET I POSTED YESTERDAY...

THAT HEIST IS A MULTI-BILLION HEIST.

YOUR LIPS WILL TREMBLE WHEN YOU HEAR IT...

THE SCANDAL IS ABOUT TO
EXPLODE...
— İbrahim Melih Gökçek (@06melihgokcek) September 23, 2025