İzmir Aziz Kocaoğlu

129 suspects, including İzmir Mayor Kocaoğlu, acquitted in fraud case

Some 129 suspects, including the mayor of the Aegean province of İzmir Aziz Kocaoğlu, were acquitted of corruption charges on Feb. 27, Doğan News Agency has reported.

The suspects, who were being tried without arrest, were charged in relation to "corruption in tenders" and "establishing a criminal organization," but were acquitted in the case's 30th hearing.