Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu arrested

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NEWS CENTER - Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu arrested. 

Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office detained 92 people, including Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, on 19 March within the scope of investigations conducted by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office. 92 people, includin Mayor Imamoglu, were reffered to the criminal court of peace with the demand for arrest. Imamogly, Municipality Deputy Secretary General Mahir Polat, Şişli Mayor Resul Emrah Şahan completed their testimonies to the judge. At 09.00 local time, the verdict started to be announced. 
 
Arrested names:
 
Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu
Murat Ongun, Advisor of Ekrem Imamoglu, Chair of the Board of Directors of Municipality Company.
İPA Chair of the Board of Directors Buğra Gökçe
Murat Abbas, General Manager of IBB subsidiary Culture Company 
Serdar Haydanli
Tuncay Yılmaz, General Manager of İmamoğlu Construction Inc.
Ali İlbak and Yusuf İlbak, owners of İlbak Holding
Istanbul Municipality Advertising Management Branch Manager Adem Tuncay
Ahmet Köksal, one of the founders of BVA Reklam A.Ş.
Nuhoğlu Holding Chair Ali Nuhoğlu
Eyüp Subaşı, owner of Popular Advertising Publishing and Young Populist Media Planning Organisation
Former Istanbul Municipality Culture Inc. General Manager Serdal Taşkın
Kamil Timur Delibaş, managing partner of Vegavizyon Advertising
Alper Aydin, CEO of Reklamarea
Suleyman Atik, owner of Otto Smart Urbanisation Employment and Technology Systems
Servet Yıldırım, driver of Hüseyin Köksal, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Karsal Örme
Ahmet Hamdi Cicek
Mete Sarıaltun
Serdar Ozturk
Mustafa Nihat Sütlaş, allegedly one of the partners of a company called Reklam İstanbul
Ahmet Hamdi Cicek
Mete Sarıaltun
Serdar Ozturk
 
Released on judicial control conditions
 
Istanbul Municipality Deputy Secretary General Cemal Ufuk Karakaya
Istanbul Municipality Urban Design Branch Manager Bayram Taşkın
Musician Ercan Saatçi
Yusuf Yüce
Ahmet Palazoglu
Alihan Aydin
Birsen Sahin
Alperen Aydin
Canan Münüklü
Vahit Dogan
 
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