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Ankara’yı sarsan rüşvet skandalı

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This is a judicial corruption and bribery scandal in Ankara (Turkey) with no concrete commercial mechanism: no company, commodity, price, capacity, regulation or investment is specified. The only economic trace is a disputed land sale, but no developer, REIT, project size or transaction value is named, so no revenue, cost or margin channel can be tied to a listed sector. Impact is Turkey-specific and institutional (judicial/rule-of-law), not commercial.

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  • Court clerk Feramuz Deniz died of a heart attack on January 17, 2025, after writing a two-page letter alleging a $20 million bribery scheme
  • The alleged scheme involved prosecutors, judges and businesspeople and stemmed from a land sale dispute between businessman Adem Ç. and Hasan Ali A.
  • Adem Ç. was allegedly wrongfully imprisoned after a $1 million bribe was reportedly paid to prosecutor OÄŸuzhan K.
  • Adem Ç. filed complaints with multiple authorities, prompting an HSK investigation into the prosecutor's actions

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Sözcü is a Turkish daily newspaper known for its opposition-leaning editorial line on national politics.

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