Fifteen detained in the Kuşadası corruption probe, with a New Party MP's daughter among those sought

Police detained 15 people on Friday in the third phase of a bribery and extortion investigation into the opposition-run Kuşadası municipality, led by the İstanbul chief prosecutor's office, with detention warrants issued for 21 in all. Among those sought are lawyer Ezgi Tezcan Yaşar, daughter of New Party MP Bülent Tezcan, and her husband Umut Yaşar, both of whom represent the municipality's jailed mayor Ömer Günel. Tezcan said the pair were abroad on holiday and would return as soon as possible, and that they had nothing to fear.

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