Police raided the Merkezefendi Municipality in Denizli and detained Mayor Şeniz Doğan, local media reported. Teams from the Denizli Provincial Police Department carried out the operation on the morning of 27 October at the municipality’s main service building in the Sırakapılar area. Officers blocked access to the building, leaving staff waiting outside. The operation included searches at 16 different addresses. It also expanded beyond the municipal offices, with information that police went to Doğan’s home and searched there while the investigation continued. Authorities also carried out searches at the homes of people linked to the municipality, including Deputy Mayors Fatma Atıcı and Hüdai Tirit, and the head of financial services Yurdagül Okkacı, according to the report. The reasons for the searches and the details of the allegations were not given in the available information. Mayor Şeniz Doğan and his wife, Mehmet Ali Doğan, were detained. The case remains under investigation, with officials expected to provide further information.