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Ağrı Co-Mayor Mukaddes Kubilay has been arrested. 71 co-mayors from 46 DBP-governed municipalities are under arrest.

DBP’s Baykan Co-Mayor Ali Aykan has been arrested.

Malazgirt co-Mayors Halis Coşkun and Memnune Söylemez from Democratic Regions Party have also been arrested. The number of arrested mayors of municipalities governed by DBP has risen to 46.

Co-Mayors Rabia Takas and Tahir Aytış from Başverimli Municipality in Silopi district of Şırnak province have been arrested on charges of being a member of an “[illegal] organization” and “propagandizing for an [illegal] organization”. With the latest arrests, the number of arrested co-Mayors has risen to 40.

Van Metropolitan Mayor Bekir Kaya has been arrested on charge of “knowingly and willingly aiding an [illegal] organization".

13 politicians have been arrested including Co-Mayors of Dersim Municipality Mehmet Ali Bul and Nurhayat Altun as well as the co-Mayor of Siirt Municipality Tuncer Bakırhan.