Turkish authorities detained 15 people on Friday in a third phase of a corruption investigation targeting the opposition-run Kuşadası Municipality, while prosecutors issued detention warrants for 21 suspects, including the daughter and son-in-law of New Party MP Bülent Tezcan, Turkish Minute reported. Among those detained were Kuşadası Municipality Chief of Staff Şebnem Kars Şenol, former deputy mayor Oğuzhan Turan and city council member Ali Kotan. Prosecutors also issued detention warrants for lawyer Ezgi Tezcan Yaşar, Tezcan’s daughter, and her husband, lawyer Umut Yaşar. Authorities said 15 of the 21 suspects had been detained, while prosecutors said operations to apprehend the remaining suspects were continuing. Özel and his allies rejected the decision as judicial interference in opposition politics and formed the New Party.