The Republican People’s Party, Turkey’s main opposition party, condemned the arrest as politically motivated, with Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu calling it an attempt to sway public opinion.

Türkei - Bürgermeister von Istanbuler Stadtteils Besiktas, Rıza Akpolat, festgenommen - CHP spricht von politisch motivierter Verfolgung

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Germany

Türkiye - Mayor of Istanbul's Besiktas district, Rıza Akpolat, arrested - CHP speaks of politically motivated persecution

Prosecutors in Istanbul say the mayor of one of Turkey’s opposition strongholds has been arrested as part of a bid-rigging investigation

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Mayor of opposition Istanbul stronghold arrested over bid-rigging claims

Investigation into tender fraud in Istanbul: Detention order issued for Beşiktaş Mayor Rıza Akpolat

İstanbul'da ihale yolsuzluğu soruşturması: Beşiktaş Belediye Başkanı Rıza Akpolat hakkında gözaltı kararı

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ISTANBUL (AP) — The mayor of one of Turkey’s opposition strongholds was arrested Monday as part of a bid-rigging investigation, prosecutors in Istanbul said. Riza Akpolat, who heads Besiktas municipality on the city’s European side, was detained at his summer house in Edremit on Turkey’s west coast, private news agency DHA reported. Besiktas has long been under the control of the main opposition Republican People’s Party, or CHP. It is one of th…

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The City Council of Besiktas, one of the most central districts of Istanbul and the richest in the city, woke up Monday surrounded by the police, who urged their employees to identify themselves in order to gain access to their job. A few hours earlier, at dawn, police officers had taken their mayor, Riza Akpolart, of the center-left party CHP, who was accused by the Prosecutor's Office of involvement in a corruption case. On Friday, the mayors …

El Ayuntamiento de Besiktas, uno de los distritos más céntricos de Estambul y el más rico de la urbe, amaneció este lunes rodeado por la policía, que instaba a sus empleados a identificarse para poder acceder a su puesto de trabajo. Unas horas antes, de madrugada, agentes de policía se habían llevado detenido a su alcalde, Riza Akpolat, del partido centroizquierdista CHP, al que la Fiscalía acusa de estar implicado en un caso de corrupción. El v…

La detención de alcaldes en Turquía abre una nueva batalla entre los ayuntamientos opositores y el Gobierno de Erdogan

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Spain

The detention of mayors in Turkey opens a new battle between opposition municipalities and the Erdogan government

President Erdoğan's government has repeatedly taken tough action against opposition politicians in the country. Now the district mayor of the Istanbul district of Beşiktaş is facing serious accusations.

Immer wieder geht die Regierung von Präsident Erdoğan mit aller Härte gegen Oppositionspolitiker im Land vor. Nun sieht sich der Bezirksbürgermeister des Istanbuler Stadtteils Beşiktaş schweren Vorwürfen ausgesetzt.

Türkei: Bürgermeister von türkischer Oppositionspartei in Istanbul offenbar festgenommen

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Türkiye: Mayor of Turkish opposition party apparently arrested in Istanbul

Besiktas Mayor Riza Akpolat became the highlight of the day with his life. As part of the investigation into the criminal organization in Istanbul, detention orders were issued for 47 suspects. Among those detained was the mayor of Besiktas, Riza Akpolat. As a result of the 2024 local elections of which he was a candidate for Mayor of Besiktas, Akpolat took office for the second time with 64.12% of the vote. So who is Riza Akpolat? How old is th…

Beşiktaş Belediye Başkanı Rıza Akpolat hayatı ile günün öne çıkan ismi oldu. İstanbul'da suç örgütüne yönelik yürütülen soruşturma kapsamında 47 şüpheli hakkında gözaltı kararı verildi. Gözaltına alınanlar arasında Beşiktaş Belediye Başkanı Rıza Akpolat’ın olduğu öğrenildi.Beşiktaş Belediye Başkan adayı olduğu 2024 yerel seçim sonucunda Akpolat %64.12'lik oy alarak ikinci kez göreve gelmişti. Peki Rıza Akpolat kimdir? Beşiktaş Belediye Başkanı R…

Rıza Akpolat kimdir? Beşiktaş Belediye Başkanı Rıza Akpolat kaç yaşında, nereli, hangi partiden ve neden gözaltına alındı?

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Istanbul

Who is Riza Akpolat? How old is the mayor of Besiktas, Riza Akpolat, where is he from, from what party and why was he detained?

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France

Istanbul's municipal mayor detained amid bid-rigging probe

Communism has returned to Poland – PiS politicians warn, commenting on the scandalous reports regarding the District Court in Warsaw.

Oto komuna do Polski wróciła – alarmują politycy PiS, komentując skandaliczne doniesienia dot. Sądu Okręgowego w Warszawie.

Wielki skandal w sądzie. "Ustawianie składów sędziowskich"

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Poland

Big scandal in court. "Judge rigging"

The district mayor of an opposition stronghold in the Turkish metropolis of Istanbul has been arrested on charges of bribery, among other things.

Der Bezirksbürgermeister einer Oppositionshochburg in der türkischen Metropole Istanbul ist unter anderem wegen Bestechungsvorwürfen festgenommen worden.

Bürgermeister von türkischer Oppositionspartei festgenommen

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Mayor of Turkish opposition party arrested

Istanbul district mayor Akpolat from the opposition CHP has been arrested on bribery charges, among others.

Der Istanbuler Bezirksbürgermeister Akpolat von der oppositionellen CHP ist unter anderem wegen Bestechungsvorwürfen festgenommen worden.

Istanbul's municipal mayor detained amid bid-rigging probe

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