Investigation opens into 36 companies awarded Ankara municipal tenders, including during Melih Gökçek’s tenure
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- Ankara prosecutors opened an organized-crime investigation into 36 companies linked to tenders issued by Ankara Metropolitan Municipality and its affiliates.
- Prosecutors asked the municipality to prepare and hand-deliver a list of every tender in which the companies participated or succeeded to Ankara police’s financial crimes unit.
Ankara prosecutors have launched an investigation into 36 companies that received tenders from Ankara Metropolitan Municipality and its affiliated bodies, including during the tenure of former mayor Melih Gökçek.
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office is examining the tenders under the scope of organized crime. It asked the municipality to compile a list of every tender in which the 36 companies participated or won.
The requested records are to be delivered by hand to the Financial Crimes Investigation Branch of the Ankara Police Department. The investigation concerns the companies’ involvement in municipal procurement.
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Originally published by Cumhuriyet in Turkish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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