Bitlis Co-Mayors Taken into Custody During Operation in Municipality

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An operation has been carried out in Bitlis Municipality governed by the Democratic Regions Party (DBP). Co-Mayors Hüseyin Olan and Nevin Daşdemir Dağkıran have been taken into custody.

Olan and Taşdemir were taken into custody by Provincial Security Directorate Anti-Terror Department units in an operation against Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

Police teams are searching the municipality building.

Trustees had been appointed to eight out of ten municipalities governed by the DBP, only Bitlis and Ağrı Municipalities were left.

40 co-Mayors arrested

In the 2014 Local Elections, the Democratic Regions Party had been elected to govern 106 municipalities including 10 metropolitan municipalities.

Trustees were appointed to 34 municipalities governed by the DBP, eight of which are metropolitan municipalities.
As of November 23, 40 co-Mayors from DBP are under arrest.

List of arrested DBP' co-mayors and deputy co-mayors is as follows:

* Ağrı Diyadin Co-Mayor Hazal Aras

* Bitlis Ovakışla Co-Mayors Ahmet Demir and Servin Karakoç

* Dersim Co-Mayors Mehmet Ali Bul and Nurhayat Altun

* Diyarbakır Metropolitan Co-Mayors Gültan Kışanak and Fırat Anlı

* Diyarbakır Ergani Co-Mayor Aygün Taşkın

* Diyarbakır Hani Co-Mayor Abdurrahman Zorlu

* Diyarbakır Lice Co-Mayor Adile Kozay

* Elazığ Karakoçan Co-Mayors Burhan Kocaman and Cennet Ayik

* Erzurum Tekman Co-Mayor Tülay Karaca

* Hakkari Co-Mayors Dilek Hatipoğlu and Nurullah Çiftçi

* Hakkari Deputy Co-Mayor Nazmi Çuşkon

* Hakkari Yüksekova Deputy Co-Mayor Hüsnü Beşer

* Iğdır Hoşhaber Co-Mayor Ali Çam

* Iğdır Hoşhaber Deputy Co-Mayor Kasım Ağgün

* Mardin Dargeçit Co-Mayor Zeynep Şipçik

* Mardin Derik Co-Mayors Abdulkerim Erdem and Sabahat Çetinkaya

* Muş Bulanık Co-Mayors Rahmi Çelik ve Figen Yaşar

* Muş Varto Co-Mayor Sabite Ekinci

* Siirt Co-Mayor Tuncer Bakırhan

* Şırnak Başverimli Co-Mayors Rabia Takas and Tahir Aytış

* Şırnak Beytüşebbap Co-Mayor Seyran Arğan

* Şırnak Cizre Co-Mayor Kadir Konur

* Şırnak İdil Co-Mayor Nevin Oyman Girasun and Mehmet Muhdi Aslan

* Şırnak Silopi Deputy Co-Mayor Ahmet Toloğ         

* Van Çaldıran Co-Mayor Suna Atabay

* Van Erciş Co-Mayors Diba Keskin and Abdurrahman Çağan

* Van Özalp Co-Mayors Handan Bağcı and Şerafettin Özalp

* Van Saray Co-Mayor Zilan Aldatmaz

(ÇT/DG)