10 arrested including three mayors in Mersin municipal probe

In the Mersin Chief Public Prosecutor's Office's corruption investigation into three municipalities, 10 people were arrested, including Mersin Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Vahap Seçer. Legal proceedings for the other individuals are continuing.

Yenişehir Municipality Mayor Abdullah Özyiğit and Mezitli Municipality Mayor Ahmet Serkan Tuncer were also among those arrested. In the investigation covering Mersin Metropolitan Municipality, Yenişehir Municipality and Mezitli Municipality, six people were given house arrest and one person was released under judicial control.

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6 Oct 2026 23:38 Turkish Interior Ministry suspends 5 mayors and acting mayors The Turkish Interior Ministry has suspended five mayors and acting mayors under investigation and in detention as a temporary measure.

6 Oct 2026 14:41 İmamoğlu calls Seçer's arrest an 'addiction to operations' 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".

6 Oct 2026 14:31 Oğuz Kaan Salıcı reacts to Vahap Seçer's arrest CHP Istanbul MP Oğuz Kaan Salıcı reacted to the arrest of Mersin Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Vahap Seçer, saying, "The political cost of this course will be heavy."

6 Oct 2026 08:11 10 arrested including three mayors in Mersin municipal probe In the Mersin Chief Public Prosecutor's Office's corruption investigation into three municipalities, 10 people were arrested, including Mersin Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Vahap Seçer. Legal proceedings for the other individuals are continuing.

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