10月1日安卡拉消息——据土耳其官方通讯社阿纳多卢通讯社报道，土耳其警方周四在一次腐败调查中拘留了南部梅尔辛省的反对党市长及其他58名嫌疑人。
Turkish authorities detains another opposition mayor in corruption probe ANKARA, Oct 1 - Turkish police detained the opposition mayor of the southern province of Mersin and 58 other suspects on Thursday in a corruption investigation, state-run Anadolu Agency said.
- 据阿纳多卢通讯社援引梅尔辛检察官办公室的声明称，身为反对党共和人民党（CHP）成员的市长瓦哈普·塞切尔（Vahap Secer），与耶尼谢希尔（Yenisehir）和梅济特利（Mezitli）地区的区长一同因涉嫌公共招标欺诈被拘留。
• Mayor Vahap Secer, who is a member of opposition Republican People's Party, the CHP, was detained along with Yenisehir and Mezitli district mayors over alleged fraud in public tenders, Anadolu said, citing a Mersin Prosecutor's Office statement
- 梅尔辛的这项调查是土耳其针对反对党执政的市政当局采取的前所未有的法律打击行动的最新一步。
• The investigation in Mersin is the latest step in an unprecedented legal crackdown on municipalities run by opposition parties in Turkey
- 作为腐败调查的一部分，包括被视为总统雷杰普·塔伊普·埃尔多安主要竞争对手的伊斯坦布尔市长埃克雷姆·伊马姆奥卢在内的数十名市长目前正被关押候审。
• Dozens of mayors, including Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, who is seen as main rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, are in jail pending trial as part of corruption probes
- 反对派自2024年以来一直否认腐败指控，并称这些调查是出于政治动机。政府则表示司法是独立的。
• The opposition rejects corruption accusations since 2024 and says the investigations are politically motivated. The government says the judiciary is independent.