{"id":163839,"date":"2025-01-13T12:55:40","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T12:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globetimeline.com\/ar\/politics\/rewrite-this-title-in-arabic-istanbuls-municipal-mayor-detained-amid-bid-rigging-probe\/"},"modified":"2025-01-13T12:55:41","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T12:55:41","slug":"rewrite-this-title-in-arabic-istanbuls-municipal-mayor-detained-amid-bid-rigging-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globetimeline.com\/ar\/politics\/rewrite-this-title-in-arabic-istanbuls-municipal-mayor-detained-amid-bid-rigging-probe\/","title":{"rendered":"rewrite this title in Arabic Istanbul&#8217;s municipal mayor detained amid bid-rigging probe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic<br \/>\n        The Republican People\u2019s Party, Turkey\u2019s main opposition party, condemned the arrest as politically motivated, with Istanbul Mayor Ekrem \u0130mamo\u011flu calling it an attempt to sway public opinion.<br \/>\n    ADVERTISEMENTThe mayor of Be\u015fikta\u015f, a key opposition stronghold in Istanbul, was arrested on Monday as part of a bid-rigging investigation, according to Istanbul prosecutors.R\u0131za Akpolat, the mayor of the municipality on Istanbul\u2019s European side, was detained at his summer residence in Edremit, on Turkey\u2019s west coast, domestic media reported.Be\u015fikta\u015f, governed by the main opposition Republican People\u2019s Party (CHP), is a major entertainment hub and home to the popular football club of the same name.\u201cA criminal organisation \u2026 organised the tender processes by bribing mayors and senior municipal executives, ensuring that their own companies were awarded the tenders,\u201d the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office stated.CHP Chairman \u00d6zg\u00fcr \u00d6zel condemned the arrest as \u201ca new link in the chain of lawlessness in the politicised justice system\u201d and pledged to support Akpolat.Istanbul Mayor Ekrem \u0130mamo\u011flu also criticised the move, calling it an attempt to sway public opinion.\u00a0\u201cThe procedure of those who do not have legal intentions cannot be legal,\u201d he stated.The prosecutor\u2019s office disclosed that a three-month investigation led to arrest warrants for 47 individuals, including Akpolat and Ahmet \u00d6zer, the CHP mayor of Istanbul\u2019s Esenyurt district.\u00d6zer has been in custody since October over alleged ties to the banned Kurdistan Workers\u2019 Party (PKK).Authorities claim the bid-rigging scheme was orchestrated by Aziz \u0130hsan Akta\u015f, who, along with 24 other suspects, was detained on charges including forming and running a criminal organisation, bribery, bid manipulation, tax law violations, and money laundering.Police put barriers around Be\u015fikta\u015f municipal offices during the search of Akpolat\u2019s office and checked employee identification before granting access.Elected as mayor in 2019 with nearly 75% of the vote, Akpolat faces charges of criminal organisation membership, bid-rigging, bribery, and illicit property acquisition.Since the opposition\u2019s significant victories in Turkey\u2019s 2019 local elections \u2014 which they successfully defended in last year\u2019s polls \u2014 opposition municipal officials have faced frequent arrests and dismissals.While pro-Kurdish party members have been the primary targets due to alleged PKK links.\u00a0Two co-mayors from the pro-Kurdish Peoples\u2019 Equality and Democracy Party (DEM) were remanded in custody on Monday pending trial on terrorism-related charges.Additional sources \u2022 AP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic The Republican People\u2019s Party, Turkey\u2019s main opposition party, condemned the arrest as politically motivated, with Istanbul Mayor Ekrem \u0130mamo\u011flu calling it an attempt to sway public opinion. 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