Turkey: Lawyer arrested in bribery scandal against opposition

Turkey Lawyer arrested in bribery scandal against opposition_1

Turkey’s main opposition party chair, Özgür Özel, has accused a lawyer and several prosecutors of orchestrating a “bribery and testimony market” linked to ongoing investigations targeting Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB) officials. The lawyer at the center of the scandal, Mehmet Yıldırım, was arrested while allegedly attempting to flee the country—just hours after Özel made the allegations during a rally in Istanbul’s Tuzla district on Tuesday (August 6).