AA: Trustees have been appointed to Sur, Silvan Municipalities

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The state-run Anadolu Agency and Doğan News Agency have reported that Diyarbakır’s Sur and Silvan municipalities governed by the Democratic Regions Party (DBP).

According to a report by Habertürk, Diyarbakır Governor Hüseyin Aksoy said, “There is no trustee appointment at the moment. It is one of the subjects that will be handled when I return to Diyarbakır. It doesn’t mean that a trustee won’t be appointed. There is no such assignment and appointment now”.

DBP Co-Chair Sebahat Tuncel said they don’t “recognize this decision and the decision is null and void for them”.

Sur Co-Mayors Seyit Narin and Fatma Şık Barut had been detained arrested in 2015 on the grounds of declaring self-governance and then released on March 8, 2016. Aggravated life imprisonment has been demanded for Narin for “disrupting state’s unity and integrity”.

Silvan Mayor Yüksel Bodakçı from the BDP had been arrested for the same charge on August 23, 2015 and released on March 17. Bodakçı has also been charged with “terror propaganda” and a jail term from 1 to 5 years has been demanded.