Two Turkish public prosecutor workplaces have initiated investigations into Istanbul and Ankara municipalities over their expenditures at some public occasions, native media reported Thursday.
The Ankara chief prosecutor’s workplace mentioned late on Wednesday that it had launched an investigation over the spending on two concert events organized by Ankara throughout celebrations marking the founding of the Republic of Türkiye on Oct. 29, native media reported.
Two inspectors from the Turkish inside ministry shall be concerned within the investigation, it reported.
There was a heated public debate for almost two weeks over claims that Ankara allotted 61 million Turkish Liras (round 1.8 million U.S. {dollars}) for these concert events, it reported.
Hours after the probe into Ankara, the Istanbul chief prosecutor’s workplace mentioned it might examine “irregular spending” at some public occasions organized by the Istanbul municipality, with out elaborating, native media reported.
The 2 municipalities, each run by the primary opposition Republican Individuals’s Celebration, denied the allegations, it reported.
