Balgarianovinite.com By order of the Chief Prosecutor’s Office in Ankara, security forces launched an operation Saturday morning in Ankara’s opposition-governed Cankaya Municipality as part of an investigation into corruption and bribery. Searches were conducted at the municipality building and at the homes of certain municipal employees, including the home of Mayor Huseyin Can Guner of the Republican People’s Party (CHP), for whom an arrest warrant has been issued.
Arrest warrants have been issued for a total of 36 suspects. According to Turkish state television and radio TRT Haber, 27 people have been detained so far and are being questioned by the Security Directorate.
The Cankaya Mayor said in a post on his social media profile that he is currently out of town but will be in Ankara in a few hours, according to CNN Turk. “I have informed all relevant authorities of this. I also provided a spare key to the teams who came to search my home, and I asked all my colleagues to cooperate with the security forces. I want all our neighbors to know that since we took office, we have managed this institution in the best possible way and that we have never done anything that would disappoint anyone who has placed their trust in us,” CNN Turk quoted the Mayor as saying.
“Forming a criminal organization,” “membership in a criminal organization,” “giving and receiving bribes,” and “manipulating tenders” are the charges in the investigation against Cankaya Municipality, the BirGun Daily said. Saturday’s searches saw the seizure of a large amount of digital material, documentation, computers, and communication devices.
Cankaya is the central and most prestigious district of the Turkish capital, home to government agencies and foreign embassies. With a population reaching 2 million people, including daily visitors, Cankaya is Ankara’s largest municipality and the country’s third biggest after Esenyurt in Istanbul and Sahinbey in Gaziantep Province. It has been governed by Mayor Huseyin Can Guner of CHP since the local elections in 2024. In 2025, Cankaya was declared the most developed municipality by the Turkish Ministry of Industry and Technology. Arrest Warrants over Corruption Issued for 36 Employees of Ankara’s Opposition-Governed Cankaya Municipality, Including for Mayor 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-07-11 12:07:33 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law