Kemal Şahin, Chairman of Şahinler Holding, which also includes the company Megasaray Hotels, who was detained on May 9 on charges of bribery within the scope of the ongoing corruption investigation into Büyükçekmece Municipality initiated by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office on May 8, was referred to the criminal court of peace with a request for his arrest after his interrogation at the prosecutor's office.Şahin was arrested after his interrogation by the judge and sent to prison. Within the scope of the investigation, the prosecutor's office demanded that Büyükçekmece Municipality prepare and submit to the police all projects, contractor companies, occupancy documents and construction details of all projects that were granted construction permits in Büyükçekmece between January 1, 2015 and May 7, 2025.According to the allegations, Kemal Şahin informed his close circle that he was abroad in order to hide his detention when the investigation was publicized. Kemal Şahin, who uses his social media accounts actively, recently shared a post on his social media account stating that he was in Egypt.Kemal Şahin, who started his business life by opening a shop in Germany with an investment of 5 thousand Marks, established a textile factory after trading t-shirts and then started working as a tour operator. Megasaray Hotels, which is under the roof of Şahinler Holding, has facilities named Meagasaray Cub Belek, Megasaray Westbeach Antalya, Megasaray Mount Erciyes, Megasaray Resort Rize, Erciyes Das3917 in Antalya Belek, Antalya Konyaaltı, Antalya Side and Kayseri Erciyes.
