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2 more Kurdish party mayors removed from office in Turkey’s Southeast

Turkey’s Interior Ministry on Thursday decided to remove from office the Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) co-mayors of Elazığ’s Sarıcan district, according to the...

Bank accounts of Tunceli Municipality frozen due to social security debt

At the request of Turkey’s Social Security Institution (SGK), the bank accounts of the Tunceli (Dersim) Municipality have been frozen due to heavy indebtedness to the...

Turkey removes 4 more mayors from office on terrorism allegations

Turkey’s Interior Ministry has removed from office three mayors from the Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) and one from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) over...

Turkey’s Kurdish party calls for early election, rules out parliament withdrawal

Turkey’s Kurdish opposition party on Wednesday called for an early election but ruled out withdrawing from parliament to protest the government’s dismissal of dozens of its...

Kurdish party considering pulling MPs from Turkish parliament: report

A Kurdish opposition party is considering withdrawing lawmakers from Turkey's parliament due to mounting pressure it is facing and as an act of protest against the...

Turkey’s Interior Ministry removes another Kurdish mayor

The Interior Ministry on Tuesday removed the mayor of the southeastern town of Cizre from office and replaced him with a district governor, according to the...

EU’s Piri says İstanbul mayor’s possible removal from office would have ‘serious consequences’

Kati Piri, Turkey rapporteur for the European Parliament (EP), has warned that a possible move by the Turkish government to remove İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu from...

Turkey sentences 41 ex-mayors from Kurdish party to nearly 260 years in prison

The Turkish Ministry of Interior has announced in a statement that 41 former mayors who were removed from office and replaced by government-appointed trustees between July 2016...

Kurdish mayor summoned to testify in terrorism investigation

Ayhan Bilgen, the co-mayor of Kars from the Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), announced on Tuesday that he had been summoned by a prosecutor to testify...

CoE says removal of mayors undermines functioning of local democracy in Turkey

Anders Knape, president of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, on Tuesday expressed grave concern about the removal of three...

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