Deputy Mayor Ceyhun Ünlü and business intermediary Adem Altıntaş were released under judicial supervision and barred from leaving the country. The investigation had previously led to the pretrial detention of 16 people in two operations in May, according to the reports. The Üsküdar Municipality urged the public not to draw conclusions before the investigation was completed, citing the presumption of innocence. İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, who has been jailed since March 2025, condemned Dedetaş’s detention in a statement posted on his presidential campaign office’s social media account. She won,” the party said on X, adding that support for jailed İstanbul Mayor İmamoğlu and calls for democratic change had become grounds for political targeting.