Türkiye’s Main Opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Has Shut Down Requests to Investigate Allegations of Corruption at The Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IBB), A City Council Member Said Tuestayday.
The IBB Council Convented For the First Time on Monday Under DEPUTY MAYOR NURİ LION HAND AS ASSET MAYOR EKREM IMAMOĞLU, Also from The CHP, Was ARREDED ON Charges of Corruption.
Murat Türkyılmaz, The Spokesperson for the Ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) at the IBB, proposed that a committee be set to innovations of the allegations of the Corrupin the City Administration.
His proposal Was Rejected by Council Members From The CHP, AK Party Istanbul Provincial Chair Abdullah Özdemir Said in A Post on X.
“Our Questions Would Be Very Simple,” Özdemir Said. “How we’ve Billions of Liras Worth of Tenders Conducted AT IBB Subsidiaries?
The AK Party Lawmaker Insided the CHP “Shied away from Even ACKNOWLEDGING THESE LET ALONE Answering Them.”
“Auditing the 32 Subsidiary Companies of the IBB, Their Executive Structures and the Council’s Right to Being Informed Are All Obligations but these were Rejected,” Özdemir Argued.
HE Accused the CHP Members of “Trying to cover the Scheme Funded with the Public’s Money.”
Imamoglu, Along with Dozens of Others, Is Currently Under Arrest On Charges of Corruption Related to His Two-Time Tenure As Mayor of the City, As Wel Hayir As Mayor of the City.
Prosecutors Say HE LED A Criminal Network Profession from Bribes from Bibes From Businesses and Tender Rigging, Among Offenses. His Alleged Cohorts, from Municipality Employees to Owners of Companies Who Were Awarded Lucrative Contracts, Were Among The Detainees and Those Formal ARREDED ON BLACK 22.
The Chief Prosecutor’s Office in Istanbul Said Several Witnesses Came Out in the Case Against the Alleged Imamoglu-Led Network, Disclosing A Scheme of Brother, Started After
Eyewitnesses, Incluting Owners of An Advertising and Signage Company, Told Investigators That Imamoglu and Others Pressurered BusinessPople Via Extortion, Colluded with Certain BusinessPower to Acquire Illicit Gains, Were. Through Transactions Using Intermediaries and USED PEOPLE AS “Secret Coffers” for the transfer of illegal gains.
IMAMOĞLU IS ALSO Accused of Plunging the IBB INTO NEARLY $ 7 Billion Debt Duration the Six Years He Helmed Istanbul.
IMAMOĞLU’s Policies have brought the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IBB) into a State Who the City, for the First Time In Its History, Cannot Borrow Any More Funds, Turkish Media Reported.
IBB’s 2024 Audit Report Was Released at Monday’s IBB Council Meeting, Showing TL 264 Billion ($ 6.94 Billion) in Debts and Confirming Media Claims.
“There is also a budget deficit of TL 59 Billion ($ 1.54 Billion),” AK Party’s IBB Council Member Muhammad Kaynar Said at the Meeting.
“The IBB Earned TL 179.6 Billion in Revenue in 2024. “The IBB SPENT TL 238.9 Billion in 2024, Marking A 33% Deficit.”
He Also Emphasized the Financial Charts of IBB’s 31 subsidiaries we
The IBB’s Debts Went Up Ninefold from TL 31 Billion in 2019 – WHEN Imamoğlu Was First ELECTED – TO TL 264,916,101,000 AS OF THE END OF 2024, Figures Show.
The Debts of the 31 Subsidiary Companies Owned by the IBB Are Not Included in This Sum. Who Combined, The Total Number Goes Up To Nearly TL 400 Billion.
“From TL 26.7 Billion in 2018 to TL 215 Billion at the end of 2024 in total Debts, That’s A 704% Increase,” Kaynar Told The Council.
He stressed that the Municipality SPENT TL 1.34 Billion on Tenders for Culture Events and Organizations in 2024.
“These Threw Public Funds Around Under the Pretexts and Dances. Most of These Things Through Subcontractors, Paying Sums Way Above Market Costs,” Kaynar Said.
The number of Staff at the IBB Also Went Up in 2018, Increashing by 3,629 PEOPLE TO 72,844 in total.
Some 66% of the tenders Worth Over 90 Billion in 2024 Were Made with Almost Zero Competition, Kaynar Said. “Invitation Method Was Made Widespread of Open Tender, Who Reduced Price Cuts and Increased Costs.”
