Istanbul's Üsküdar District Mayor Dedetaş Arrested in Bribery Probe
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Breaking news... Üsküdar Mayor Sinem Dedetaş and 5 others who were detained have been referred to the courthouse.
İstanbul court jails Üsküdar’s first woman mayor, 3 others in corruption investigation - Stockholm Center for Freedom
An İstanbul court on Friday jailed Sinem Dedetaş, the first female mayor of the city’s Üsküdar district who ended 30 years of Islamist-based rule, and three others pending trial in a corruption investigation, the latest step in a legal crackdown on municipalities run by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s opponents. Dedetaş, 45, mayoral chief of staff Alihan Koçoğlu, architect Burçin Çevik and contractor Bülent Orhan Tozkoparan were arrested on cha…
The news that Üsküdar Mayor Sinem Dedetaş was also placed in the Y-Type Prison in Karatepe, Çorlu, nicknamed the "well-type" prison, emerged on August 1st, the 500th day since Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu was detained on March 19, 2025, to be arrested four days later. That evening, speaking at a rally in Beylikdüzü, New Party leader Özgür Özel demanded İmamoğlu's release, or at least his trial without detention. [The p…
İstanbul court jails Üsküdar’s first woman mayor, 3 others in corruption investigation - Turkish Minute
An İstanbul court on Friday jailed Sinem Dedetaş, the first female mayor of the city’s Üsküdar district who ended 30 years of Islamist-based rule, and three others pending trial in a corruption investigation, the latest step in a legal crackdown on municipalities run by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s opponents.
Murat Emir, Deputy Group Chairman of the ENI Party, reacted to the arrest of Üsküdar Mayor Sinem Dedetaş, saying, "They are trying to make us pay the price for the defeat on March 31st; we will not surrender to these conspiracies."
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