Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality

Istanbul 33rd High Criminal Court heard defences on the 95th day of the İBB trial, in which 436 defendants, 53 of them in detention, are being tried. The court moved to the defence of former Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB) bureaucrat Yasin Çağatay Seçkin.…

After three floors of a seven-storey building collapsed in Istanbul, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB) data shows the city has 1,238 buildings at risk of collapsing on their own.…

Six defendants held for about 16 months in the investigation into the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB) appeared before a judge at the first hearing; five were released, while Fikri Murat Demir remains in detention.…

Detained presidential candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu described the arrest of Mersin Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Vahap Seçer as "the desperation of a mindset usurping the national will" and called Erdoğan's politics an "addiction to operations".…

Day 93 of the 436-defendant IBB case, including Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, with 53 in pretrial detention, began with defenses by defendants not in custody.…

Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu's detained lawyer Mehmet Pehlivan described his midnight transfer from Çorlu to Kandıra as 'torment'. The transfer sparked a protest at the İBB trial hearing.…

In the İBB case, 27 defendants without detention remain to testify at the 92nd hearing. After 29 people added through a supplementary indictment are heard, Ekrem İmamoğlu is expected to present his defense.…

Public transport in Istanbul will be free on Tuesday, Oct. 6, for the 103rd anniversary of the city's liberation from enemy occupation.…

The Directorate General of Foundations (VGM) applied to the Fatih Land Registry Office for registration of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality's (İBB) main Saraçhane building in its own name.…

In the case that includes Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB) Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu among the defendants, the court ruled to release four defendants. The number of detained defendants fell to 53, and the hearing will continue on Monday.…

At the 88th hearing in the IBB case, two defendants said tenders had been predetermined and fictitious invoices had been issued. The defences of the defendants not under arrest are continuing.…

Detained Istanbul Mayor and presidential candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu, in the investigation he called the 'Century Heist Fund Scam,' demanded the dismissal of the Capital Markets Board (SPK) and the determination of political connections.…