Istanbul police chief dismissed after fraud operations involving ministers
Istanbul police chief dismissed amid bribery probe into high-profile names
“I’m a public officer. I’ve served for 4 and a half years in Istanbul with honour. But now I’m asked to return to headquarters. Let’s hope for the best,” Çapkın said.
Istanbul and Ankara police staged morning raids Dec. 17 as part of a probe into tender fraud and bribery operation allegations, detaining over 80 people.
There are three members of the Cabinet whose sons are among those detainees; Interior Minister Muammer Güler, Environment and Urban Planning Minister Erdoğan Bayraktar and Economy Minister Zafer Çağlayan. The suspects are, respectively, Barış Güler, Abdullah Oğuz Bayraktar and Kaan Çağlayan.
Yesterday morning’s dismissed police department chiefs included Finance Branch Head Yakub Saygılı and Organized Crime Branch Head Nazmi Ardıç, who were conducting the operations, as well as Smuggling Branch Head Tuğrul Turhal, Anti-Terrorism Branch Head Ömer Köse and Public Security Branch Head Ertan Erçıktı, daily Hürriyet reported.
19.12.2013
SOURCE: MEDIA
