Dedetaş was detained along with Deputy Mayor Ceyhun Ünlü, mayoral chief of staff Alihan Koçoğlu, architect Burçin Çevik, business intermediary Adem Altıntaş and contractor Bülent Orhan Tozkoparan, the reports said. The investigation had previously led to the pretrial detention of 16 people in two operations in May, according to the reports. Dedetaş was elected mayor in the March 2024 local elections with 49.9 percent of the vote, defeating incumbent Justice and Development Party (AKP) Mayor Hilmi Türkmen, who received 42.3 percent. Sinem #Dedetaş, the young mayor of #Üsküdar, did not lose at the ballot box. However, today she was detained as part of the latest so-called corruption investigation, which is part of an ongoing campaign against #Turkey’s democratic opposition.