Multiple mayors in Turkey, including the first female mayor of a former AKP stronghold and the mayor of Istanbul's Üsküdar district, have been detained as part of ongoing corruption investigations. These arrests are linked to alleged business irregularities and have also led to the detention of 15 other individuals.
Turkish authorities have detained 27 suspects in a second wave of arrests related to a bribery investigation in the western city of Uşak. This action is part of wider corruption investigations across the country.
Residents in Uşak, Turkey, witnessed an unusual and bright fireball streaking across the sky for more than 20 seconds, a duration significantly longer than typical meteors.
A former mayor from Uşak, Türkiye, has confessed to secretly funding the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) chair and voters, implicating the party in a corruption scandal.
Özkan Yalım, the mayor of Uşak from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), is reportedly facing expulsion from his party following a controversial 'mayor in towel' incident.
Türkiye's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) is facing mounting legal challenges as a new wave of bribery and corruption investigations has led to the detention of another one of its mayors.