Mersin police

Police have apprehended 32 individuals allegedly involved in a sophisticated fraud network in the southern province of Mersin.

The operation, conducted under the coordination of the chief public prosecutor's office in the city, unveiled a web of deceit that spanned various fraudulent schemes, resulting in a collective profit of 180 million Turkish Liras ($5.6 million).

The former metropolitan mayor of the southern province of Mersin, Macit Özcan, is reportedly wanted by the police as part of a corruption probe against the previous executives of the municipality.