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Erdoğan Quietly Acquitted in Corruption Case Dating Back to His Time as İStanbul Mayor - Turkish Minute

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been quietly acquitted in a long-running corruption case stemming from his tenure as mayor of İstanbul, despite enjoying constitutional immunity as head of state, according to information obtained by Deutsche Welle Turkish. Erdoğan was elected mayor of İstanbul in the March 1994 local elections and remained in office until 1998. Interior ministry investigative reports and multiple criminal indictments later acc…
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It has emerged that the Akbil case, opened against AKP President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan regarding his time as Mayor of Istanbul, has been reopened and resulted in an acquittal. According to a report by Alican Uludağ of DW Turkish, the Akbil case, which was opened against Erdoğan regarding his time as Mayor of Istanbul and halted due to his immunity, was reopened at the request of Erdoğan's lawyers and resulted in an acquittal. The acquittal decisi…

President Erdoğan's name had come up in connection with the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality's public transport card (Akbil) corruption scandal during his time as mayor, and in the investigation launched in 1999, those with immunity were combined into a separate file. Erdoğan was acquitted in the 'Akbil case' 26 years later.

President Erdoğan's name had previously surfaced in connection with the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality's public transport card (Akbil) corruption scandal during his time as mayor. In the investigation, which began in 1999, those with immunity were included in a separate file. Erdoğan was acquitted in the 'Akbil case' 26 years later. The case, reopened at the request of Erdoğan's lawyers, was quietly brought down, a decision was reached, and …

·Ankara, Türkiye
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Halk TV broke the news in Ankara, Türkiye on Friday, December 12, 2025.
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