Özgür Özel reveals 'event' spending by AKP municipalities: He showed the list from the podium

Upon the request of the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, inspectors were appointed by the Ministry of Interior's Inspection Board to examine complaints regarding concerts organized by the Ankara Metropolitan Municipality.

Subsequently, the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office announced that an ex officio investigation had been launched in coordination with Ministry of Interior inspectors regarding allegations of irregular spending and public loss in connection with various events organized by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality.

Following this, the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality shared a comparative table of event spending during the AKP and CHP terms. 

CHP Chairman Özgür Özel also held a press conference on the matter at his party's headquarters.

Showing a list titled "Organization service procurement tenders registered in EKAP," Özel emphasized his criticism that a double standard is being applied in audits of municipal spending.

"Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality, organization service, 2023, tender registration number, this is 198 million. So many AK Party municipalities, 198, 85, 79, 69, 64 and so on. Fatih Municipality has 22 million in 2023 money.

Is there an inspector in one of them? Are you sending inspectors to any of them?" asked the CHP leader, adding, "If it's expensive, then all these concerts are expensive. Send inspectors to all of them, investigate all of them, audit them under the same standards, and I will welcome it. But we will not surrender to a perception operation carried out with such injustice," he said.

HERE IS THAT LIST...

The tender date, tender registration number, and tender price in Turkish Lira for the municipalities included in the list shown by CHP Chairman Özel on the podium are as follows: 

Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality Organization Service (2023/1594350) - 198,713,540

Ümraniye Municipality Organization Service (2023/1426360) - 85,005,350

Konya Metropolitan Municipality Organization Service (2024/626647) - 79,909,099

Zeytinburnu Municipality Organization Service (2023/1307531) - 69,509,724

Balıkesir Metropolitan Municipality Organization Service (2022/1472418) - 64,412,250

Balıkesir Metropolitan Municipality Organization Service (2023/439141) - 54,844,500

Başakşehir Municipality Organization Service (2023/1334299)- 45,825,000

Bursa Metropolitan Municipality Organization Service (2022/29383)- 43,893,750

Bursa Metropolitan Municipality Organization Service (2023/128839) - 42,803,600

Balıkesir Metropolitan Municipality Organization Service (2023/427985)- 41,801,000

Sakarya Metropolitan Municipality Organization Service (2024/253563)- 41,278,785

Bursa Metropolitan Municipality Organization Service (2023/584325)- 39,972,500

Sultangazi Municipality Organization Service (2024/59033) - 39,803,050

Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality Organization Service (2024/857606)- 38,495,350

Malatya Metropolitan Municipality Organization Service (2022/1199683)- 33,556,000

Zeytinburnu Municipality Organization Service (2022/1285668)- 31,880,539

Bursa Metropolitan Municipality Organization Service (2019/389781) - 30,392,000

Bursa Metropolitan Municipality Organization Service (2023/110924) - 28,100,000

Balıkesir Metropolitan Municipality Organization Service (2023/714101) - 27,236,000

Balıkesir Metropolitan Municipality Organization Service (2023/432192) - 25,930,000

Balıkesir Metropolitan Municipality Organization Service (2023/1499589) - 25,604,450

Fatih Municipality Organization Service (2024/1137413) - 21,280,086

Bursa Metropolitan Municipality Organization Service (2023/1400110) - 18,950,300

Erzurum Metropolitan Municipality Organization Service (2024/1227157) - 18,941,000

Bursa Metropolitan Municipality Organization Service (2023/433083) - 18,851,750

Balıkesir Metropolitan Municipality Organization Service (2022/811392) - 18,281,650

Batman Municipality Organization Service (2024/110449) - 17,995,490

Bursa Metropolitan Municipality Organization Service (2023/115807) - 16,845,530

Kütahya Municipality Organization Service (2024/87347) - 14,517,500

Zeytinburnu Municipality Organization Service (2024/479277) - 14,273,600

Zeytinburnu Municipality Organization Service (2023/763808) - 9,699,900

Zeytinburnu Municipality Organization Service (2023/899039)- 5,564,249

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