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Halfeti Co-Mayor Mustafa Bayram Arrested

Halfeti Co-Mayor Mustafa Bayram Arrested

Halfeti Co-Mayor Mustafa Bayram has been arrested, which carried the number of arrested DBP co-mayors and deputy chairs to 57.

13 December 2016

Artuklu Co-Mayor Emin Irmak Arrested

Artuklu Co-Mayor Emin Irmak Arrested

Released following his 21-day detention and taken into custody again upon objection by prosecutor’s office, Mardin Co-Mayor Emin Irmak has been arrested.

13 December 2016

Hakkari's Yüksekova Co-Mayor Arrested

Hakkari's Yüksekova Co-Mayor Arrested

Hakkari’s Yüksekova Co-Mayor Adile Kozay has been arrested, the number of arrested DBP co-mayors has risen to 55 with this arrest.

9 December 2016

Trustee Appointed to Erzurum Karayazı Municipality

Trustee Appointed to Erzurum Karayazı Municipality

Karayazı sub-Governor Aksoy has been appointed as trustee to Erzurum’s Karayazı municipality. There are 48 DBP Co-Mayors under arrest and that 38 trustee have been appointed to DBP-governed municipalities.

7 December 2016

Erzurum’s Karayazı Co-Mayor Detained as Well

Erzurum’s Karayazı Co-Mayor Detained as Well

Karayazı Co-Mayor Mehmet Sait Karabakan has been taken into custody. Two more DBP co-mayors were detained during today, one DBP co-mayor was arrested and one trustee was appointed to a DBP-governed municipality.

6 December 2016

Trustee Appointed to Mardin’s Kızıltepe Municipality

Trustee Appointed to Mardin’s Kızıltepe Municipality

Kızıltepe sub-Governor Ahmet Odabaş has been appointed as trustee to Kızıltepe Municipality. The number of trustee-appointed DBP municipalities has risen to 37 with this appointment.

6 December 2016

Şemdinli Co-Mayor Seferi Yılmaz Arrested

Şemdinli Co-Mayor Seferi Yılmaz Arrested

Hakkari’s Şemdinli district Co-Mayor Seferi Yılmaz has been arrested on charge of “[illegal] organization membership”. The number of arrested DBP co-mayors has risen to 48.

6 December 2016

Diyarbakır’s Kayapınar, Yenişehir Co-Mayors Detained

Diyarbakır’s Kayapınar, Yenişehir Co-Mayors Detained

Diyarbakır’s Kayapınar Co-Mayor Mehmet Ali Aydın and Yenişehir Co-Mayor Mehmet Selim Kurbanoğlu have been taken into custody.

6 December 2016

Çukurca, Yüksekova, Şemdinli Co-Mayors Detained

Çukurca, Yüksekova, Şemdinli Co-Mayors Detained

Hakkari’s Çukurca district Co-Mayors Hilal Duman and Servet Tunç, Yüksekova Deputy Co-Mayor Adile Kozay and Şemdinli Co-Mayor Seferi Yılmaz were detained on Saturday.

5 December 2016

Ahmet Türk, Artuklu Mayor Emin Irmak Detained

Ahmet Türk, Artuklu Mayor Emin Irmak Detained

Mardin's suspended Co-Mayor Ahmet Türk and Mardin’s Artuklu district’s Co-Mayor Emin Irmak have been taken into custody.

21 November 2016

Trustees Appointed to Van, Siirt, Mardin, Dersim Municipalities

Trustees Appointed to Van, Siirt, Mardin, Dersim Municipalities

Trustees have been appointed to Mardin, Van, Siirt and Dersim Municipalities. The total number of trustees appointed to DBP municipalities has become 34 with these appointments.

17 November 2016

Trustee Appointed to Varto Municipality in Muş Province

Trustee Appointed to Varto Municipality in Muş Province

Muş’s Varto sub-Governor Çetin has been appointed as trustee to Varto Municipality. Varto Co-Mayor Sabite Ekinci was arrested.

11 November 2016

AA: Trustees have been appointed to Sur, Silvan Municipalities

AA: Trustees have been appointed to Sur, Silvan Municipalities

Trustees have been appointed to Diyarbakır’s Sur and Silvan municipalities governed by the DBP.

8 September 2016

Journalist İşeri Detained in Küçük Armutlu, Lawyers Battered

Journalist İşeri Detained in Küçük Armutlu, Lawyers Battered

Journalist İşeri willing to shoot destruction in Küçük Armutlu has been taken into custody, and two lawyers have been battered as they tried to enter police station. Three houses were demolished this morning in the neighborhood but demolish warrant hasn’t been shown to the lawyers.

1 March 2016 Ayça Söylemez

Efkan Ala: We Take Back Authority from Those who don’t do Their Job

Efkan Ala: We Take Back Authority from Those who don’t do Their Job

Minister of Interior, Efkan Ala said, “We pave the way for those who do their job properly. We take authority back from those who make people pay the price instead of serving them and give it to state officials who will serve”.

11 January 2016

15 Years of Imprisonment for Bekir Kaya

15 Years of Imprisonment for Bekir Kaya

Van Metropolitan Municipality Co-Mayor Bekir Kaya has been sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment within the trial he had been put on with charges of being a member of the terrorist organization. At the moment, 16 Municipality Co-Mayors sit in prison.

Eyüp Residents Against Demolition

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Eyüp Residents Against Demolition

Eyüp residents gathered in front of İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality building and asked for their land titles. Municipality officers had to make a meeting with them.

4 May 2012 Nilay Vardar

Administrative Court Does Not Try Multilingualism

The case against the multilingual Sur municipality in Diyarbakir was dropped by an administrative court.

3 December 2007 Erhan Üstündağ

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