To Which Municipalities Have Trustees Been Appointed? Which Mayors Arrested?

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Democratic Regions Party (DBP) had won municipalities of 96 districts from 10 cities in 2014 Local Elections.

Trustees have been appointed to 34 DBP municipalities since September 11.

37 co-mayors from 27 DBP municipalities are under arrest as of November 17. Four of them are deputy chair.

16 co-mayors from 14 municipalities were released after arrested since August 2015. 24 co-mayors from 19 municipalities were released after detained.

Van Metropolitan Mayor Bekir Kaya was arrested on November 18.

The number of arrested DBP co-mayors has climbed to 38.

Arrested co-mayors

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 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

The Ministry of Interior appointed trustees to one MHP municipality, three AKP municipalities and 24 DBP municipalities.

MHP (Nationalist Movement Party) Adana-Pozantı District Municipality

AKP Ezrurum-Aşkale District Municipality, Giresun Çamoluk District Municipality and Konya-Ilgın District Municipality

DBP Batman, Hakkari, Diyadin, Besiri, Gercüş, Silvan, Sur, Hınıs, Tuzluca, Dargecit, Derik, Mazıdağ, Nusaybin, Bulanık Eruh, Suruç, Cizre, Silopi, Edremit, Erciş, İpekyolu, Özalp, İkiköprü, Hoşhaber municipalities.

The municipalities to which trustees have been appointed are as follows:

September 21: İdil Municipality

October 5: Hani Municipality

November 1: Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality

November 3: Ovakışla Municipality

November 11: Varto Municipality

November 17: Mardin, Van, Siirt and Dersim municipalities. (ÇT/TK)