Overview
- Turkish police, in coordinated raids Tuesday, detained more than 50 people on corruption suspicions, including the opposition mayor of Bursa.
- Officers searched homes, offices, and businesses tied to municipal staff, with prosecutors investigating suspected formation of a criminal group, according to state broadcaster TRT.
- The mayor in custody is Mustafa Bozbey of the CHP, who leads Turkey’s fourth-largest city.
- A separate CHP mayor in the western province of Uşak was arrested earlier in the week on corruption and procurement-fraud claims.
- CHP leader Özgür Özel called the sweep political pressure by the ruling side, and the actions follow the 2025 arrest and removal of Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu that triggered nationwide protests.