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DEM Party seeks suspension of municipal takeover in Hakkari

DEM Party seeks suspension of municipal takeover in Hakkari

The trustee appointments aim to eliminate the pro-Kurdish party from the political scene and undermine the will of its voters, the party asserts.

Protest march in Diyarbakır: We will resist, we will not let them pass

Protest march in Diyarbakır: We will resist, we will not let them pass

MPs, citizens and representatives of civil society organizations marched in Diyarbakır against the trustee appointment and demanded the reversal of the decision.

10 June 2024 Mizgin Tabu

DEM Party calls for early elections

DEM Party calls for early elections

Following the arrest and replacement of their co-mayor in Hakkari, DEM Party called for an early election.

Tensions mount as pro-Kurdish mayor in Hakkari replaced

Tensions mount as pro-Kurdish mayor in Hakkari replaced

Mehmet Sıddık Akış, the co-mayor of the Hakkari province and member of the pro-Kurdish DEM Party, was arrested by security forces and replaced by a government-appointed trustee.

Debt-free municipality in debt after trustee appointment: 19 immovables for sale

Debt-free municipality in debt after trustee appointment: 19 immovables for sale

As the debt of the Siirt Municipality in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority southeast has topped 115 million lira, the state-appointed trustee, also the governor, has put 19 immovables up for sale for an estimated price of 20 million 862 thousand lira.

13 December 2021

Trustee asks deceased municipal council member for written-off water debt interest

Trustee asks deceased municipal council member for written-off water debt interest

Launching a similar campaign itself, Siirt Municipality has requested damages from dismissed co-mayors Işık and Turhan and 23 municipal council members who were investigated for "writing off the default interest of outstanding water bills."

6 December 2021 Hikmet Adal

9 lawyers who protested trustees put on trial upon police officers’ complaint

9 lawyers who protested trustees put on trial upon police officers’ complaint

Upon police officers’ criminal complaint, a lawsuit has been filed against nine lawyers who made a press statement in İstanbul in protest against the dismissal of the HDP's elected metropolitan co-mayors of Diyarbakır, Van and Mardin in 2019.

2 November 2021

Five journalists acquitted in 'trustee protests' case in Mardin

Five journalists acquitted in 'trustee protests' case in Mardin

As people were protesting the dismissal of the elected mayor, five journalists following the events had been detained and filed a criminal case against.

20 October 2021

Trustee continues debt relief campaign that dismissed HDP mayors are investigated for

Trustee continues debt relief campaign that dismissed HDP mayors are investigated for

The dismissed co-mayors of Siirt, who are members of the HDP, are investigated over a debt relief campaign for causing a decrease in municipal revenues. The trustee-led municipality has launched a similar campaign.

23 August 2021 Hikmet Adal

‘Trustees appointed to 48 HDP municipalities since 2019’

HDP REPORT ON TRUSTEES

‘Trustees appointed to 48 HDP municipalities since 2019’

According to the “Seizure of Will and Realities on Trustees” report prepared by the HDP, the co-mayors of 48 HDP municipalities have been replaced by state-appointed trustees since August 2019. 15 HDP Co-Mayors are currently behind bars.

24 February 2021

‘From Boğaziçi to METU, we don’t accept trustees’

FROM ‘METU MUST BE DEFENDED’

‘From Boğaziçi to METU, we don’t accept trustees’

While several students are still detained for having protested the appointment of Prof. Bulu as the new president of Boğaziçi University, the students of Middle East Technical University (METU) in Ankara have expressed solidarity with Boğaziçi students.

State-appointed trustee appoints man to Women’s Directorate

State-appointed trustee appoints man to Women’s Directorate

The trustee appointed to the District Municipality of Muradiye in Van has appointed a man as the Acting Director of Women’s and Family Affairs.

Police attack students with pepper gas at Boğaziçi University

PROTESTS AGAINST UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT

Police attack students with pepper gas at Boğaziçi University

Students have gathered in the South Campus of Boğaziçi University in İstanbul and protested the appointment of Prof. Bulu, also a former MP candidate for nomination from the ruling AKP, as the University President. Police have intervened into the protest.

4 January 2021 Dilek Şen

‘Turkey’s NGO bill has no predictability’

‘Turkey’s NGO bill has no predictability’

Prof. Şule Özsoy-Boyunsuz, an academic specialized in Constitutional law, has commented on Turkey’s new NGO bill: “The government might wake up one morning, pick an association and shut it down next morning. This law has no predictability.”

25 December 2020 Hikmet Adal

Bill passes the commission: ‘Appointing trustees to NGOs is unconstitutional’

Bill passes the commission: ‘Appointing trustees to NGOs is unconstitutional’

After the bill allowing the Interior Ministry to appoint trustees to NGOs passed the Parliamentary Justice Commission, main opposition CHP MPs Özdemir and Çakırözer have criticized the bill, raising concerns over Turkey’s ranking in freedom indexes.

21 December 2020

Newspaper's name on street sign censored in trustee-appointed Diyarbakır

Newspaper's name on street sign censored in trustee-appointed Diyarbakır

Before a trustee was appointed to Turkey’s Kurdish-majority province of Diyarbakır, the sign of the street named after killed journalist Hafız Akdemir read, “... known for his news on unidentified murders in daily Özgür Gündem, where he was working...”

21 October 2020

Co-Mayor Ayhan Bilgen arrested, trustee appointed to Kars Municipality

Co-Mayor Ayhan Bilgen arrested, trustee appointed to Kars Municipality

After HDP’s Kars Provincial Co-Mayor Ayhan Bilgen was arrested with 16 other HDP politicians earlier today, a trustee has been appointed to the Kars Municipality by the Interior Ministry. Detained yesterday, Co-Mayor Alaca was also removed from office.

State-appointed trustee to turn Yılmaz Güney Movie House into decorative pool

State-appointed trustee to turn Yılmaz Güney Movie House into decorative pool

Speaking to Mezopotamya Agency, Batman Municipality sources have said that the area where the movie house named after late Kurdish director Güney was located will be a part of the nearby park and a decorative pool will be constructed there.

21 September 2020

Under house arrest for a year: No indictment, but a confidentiality order

Under house arrest for a year: No indictment, but a confidentiality order

Nazlı and Abravci were placed in house arrest over a slogan painted on a wall about the appointment of trustees. It has been a year since then; but, no indictment has been filed. As there is a confidentiality order on the file, even the attorneys cannot access it.

‘Why do you cover up corruption of trustees,’ HDP’s Paylan asks Minister of Interior

‘Why do you cover up corruption of trustees,’ HDP’s Paylan asks Minister of Interior

HDP MP Paylan has addressed a Parliamentary question about the trustees appointed to HDP municipalities: “Is it possible that your silence in the face of trustees' plunder and unlawful acts is related to your ‘enemy politics’ against the HDP and the elected?”

Lawsuit against schizophrenic patient tortured by police during trustee protests

Lawsuit against schizophrenic patient tortured by police during trustee protests

Battered by the police with helmets, bludgeons and kicks during trustee protests in Van in 2019, Fırat Koç, suffering from schizophrenia, now faces a lawsuit on charge of “committing crimes on behalf of the organization as non-members."

HDP’s dismissed Batman Co-Mayor Mehmet Demir arrested

HDP’s dismissed Batman Co-Mayor Mehmet Demir arrested

Taken into custody twice after being removed from office by the Interior Ministry, HDP’s dismissed Batman Provincial Co-Mayor Mehmet Demir has been arrested on charge of “being a member of a terrorist organization.”

HDP’s dismissed Batman Co-Mayor Demir detained

HDP’s dismissed Batman Co-Mayor Demir detained

Removed from office by the Ministry of Interior, HDP’s Batman Provincial Co-Mayor Mehmet Demir has been detained as part of an investigation launched in 2018.

Ruling AKP stages a systematic coup against society, says HDP

Ruling AKP stages a systematic coup against society, says HDP

HDP has released a statement about the detention of its executives and members in Antep and Diyarbakır earlier today. “What is done is a systematic attack of ‘political genocide’ against certain segments of society,” the statement has read.

Trustee appointed to HDP’s Diyadin Municipality, HDP Antep Co-Chair detained

Trustee appointed to HDP’s Diyadin Municipality, HDP Antep Co-Chair detained

While a trustee has been appointed in place of HDP’s detained Ağrı Diyadin Co-Mayor Yaşar, 33 people, including HDP Antep Co-Chair, have been taken into custody as part of another “investigation against the PKK/KCK terrorist organization.”

‘EU should not tolerate Turkey’s unacceptable actions against the law’

JOINT CALL BY 69 MEPs

‘EU should not tolerate Turkey’s unacceptable actions against the law’

“The government has typically labelled anybody critical of its policies, particularly its Kurdish policy, as a terrorist or a traitor, and an enemy of the state,” reads the joint letter addressed to European Commission Vice President Josep Borrell.

Redhack hacks AKP municipalities’ websites

Redhack hacks AKP municipalities’ websites

Redhack has hacked the websites of three ruling AKP municipalities, noting that “the appointment of trustees to municipalities means usurpation of people’s democratic rights.”

Trustee appointed to HDP’s Sarıcan Municipality in Elazığ

Trustee appointed to HDP’s Sarıcan Municipality in Elazığ

Taken into custody, HDP’s Sarıcan Co-Mayor Bekir Polat has been removed from office by the Ministry of Interior and replaced with Deputy Governor Erkan Kaçmaz as a trustee.

Dismissed Co-Mayor of Suruç released from prison

Dismissed Co-Mayor of Suruç released from prison

Arrested on November 19, 2019 after being removed from office by the Ministry of Interior, dismissed Suruç Co-Mayor Hatice Çevik has been released.

Trustee appointed to Batman, road signs in Kurdish removed from province

Trustee appointed to Batman, road signs in Kurdish removed from province

Appointed a trustee by the Ministry of Interior, the Municipality of Batman has renewed the traffic icons in the province. The road signs of “pedestrians first” are no longer in Turkish-Kurdish language pair, but now solely in Turkish.

Dismissed Co-Mayor Hatice Taş detained

Dismissed Co-Mayor Hatice Taş detained

Seven people have been detained in house raids in Turkey’s eastern province of Batman. Hatice Taş, the dismissed Co-Mayor of İkiköprü town, is also among the detained.

‘Decisions of Turkey’s Supreme Election Council inconsistent with international norms’

VENICE COMMISSION

‘Decisions of Turkey’s Supreme Election Council inconsistent with international norms’

Adopting an opinion as to the dismissal of elected mayors and appointment of trustees in southeastern Turkey, the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe has noted that the decisions of the Supreme Election Council should be reversed.

19 June 2020 Pınar Tarcan

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