YILDIRIM PUSHES BACK ON OPERATION TALK, THEN APPEARS AT PARTY EVENT
Binali Yıldırım, Turkey's last prime minister who has long been sidelined by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has also entered the agenda alongside the Gökçek case.
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GÖKÇEK PROBE EXPANDS TO SON, DAUGHTER-IN-LAW AND 36 TENDER COMPANIES
Ahmet and Hülya Gökçek, the son and daughter-in-law of former Ankara Mayor Melih Gökçek, were questioned as suspects on Sept. 7 and released under judicial control with a ban on leaving Turkey.
MELİH GÖKÇEK FILE: A REAL CLEANUP IN AKP, OR A SIGNAL AGAINST THE OPPOSITION?
In a surprising move, former Ankara Mayor Melih Gökçek — long accused of corruption but never prosecuted — has been summoned to testify before the Organized Crime Investigation Bureau of the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office on Sept. 4.
MELİH GÖKÇEK SUMMONED TO TESTIFY: IF ANKARA HAD A VOICE, WHAT WOULD IT SAY?
When the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office summoned the city’s former mayor, Melih Gökçek, to testify over his family members' assets and accounts in Germany, the first reaction was silence.
CRACKDOWN ON PRO-GOVERNMENT SCREEN FACES CONTINUES
After the detention of Cem Küçük, a prominent commentator on TV screens known for leaking information from judicial files, Tahir Sarıkaya, an anchor from the Beyaz TV channel owned by former Ankara Mayor Melih Gökçek and his son Osman Gökçek, was arrested for blackmailing and spreading false information.
ANKARA MAYOR PUSHES TO REOPEN CORRUPTION FILES FROM HIS PREDECESSOR’S ERA
As the CHP-led Ankara municipality braces for a possible wave of prosecutions, Ankara Mayor Mansur Yavaş has pressed for charges to be brought against former Mayor Melih Gökçek and his son, Osman Gökçek, an AKP deputy and owner of Beyaz TV.