In the indictment prepared by the Izmir Chief Public Prosecutor's Office in the Gaziemir Construction Cooperative investigation, up to 14 years in prison was requested for former Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Tunç Soyer. The indictment covers 17 people.
The indictment stated that the municipality had awarded urban transformation works to its subsidiary İZBETON AŞ by council decision, that irregularities had been committed in contracts signed with the cooperative, and that about 30-33 million lira in excess payments had been made. Charges of 'embezzlement', 'forgery of official documents' and 'qualified fraud' were brought against 17 people, 15 of them under arrest.
