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HDP Announces the 'Judiciary Toll'

HDP Announces the 'Judiciary Toll'

According to the report released by the HDP, 29 former MPs and party executives have been sentenced to prison, 50 Co-Mayors are currently behind bars and 94 municipalities are being run by government-appointed trustees.

11 December 2018

‘Have 259 Mukhtars Been Discharged as a Local Election Campaign of AKP?’

HDP MP DANIŞ-BEŞTAŞ HAS ASKED:

‘Have 259 Mukhtars Been Discharged as a Local Election Campaign of AKP?’

In the wake of President Erdoğan’s speech signaling an operation to be launched against village and neighborhood heads, the Ministry of Interior has discharged 259 mukhtars. HDP MP Danış-Beştaş has submitted a parliamentary inquiry regarding the issue.

15 October 2018

Erdoğan: If Those Involved in Terror Win in March Election, We Will Appoint Trustees

Erdoğan: If Those Involved in Terror Win in March Election, We Will Appoint Trustees

Politicians have denounced President Erdoğan, who has signaled that trustees will be appointed to municipalities after the local elections in March: “It has been announced six months before the elections that the right to a free election does not exist in Turkey.”

Journalists Keleş, Aslan Behind Bars For 8 Months, Released in First Hearing

Journalists Keleş, Aslan Behind Bars For 8 Months, Released in First Hearing

Journalists Selam Keleş and Arif Aslan who have been behind bars on claims of “being a member of an illegal organization” have been released in the first hearing of their trial.

22 November 2017

Trustee Changes Name of Tahir Elçi Park

Trustee Changes Name of Tahir Elçi Park

The sub-governor, who was appointed as trustee to Çatak Municipality in Van, has replaced the name of the park named after murdered Diyarbakır Bar President Tahir Elçi with a village guard killed in the district.

9 Out Of 10 DBP Municipalities Governed By Appointed Trustees Say ‘No’

9 Out Of 10 DBP Municipalities Governed By Appointed Trustees Say ‘No’

“No” votes are leading in the referendum in nine out of 10 provinces to whose municipalities which were originally governed by DBP a trustee was appointed.

Trustee Appointed to Ağrı Municipality, Sırrı Sakık Discharged

Trustee Appointed to Ağrı Municipality, Sırrı Sakık Discharged

Ağrı co-Mayor Sırrı Sakık from Democratic Regions Party has been discharged from his position by the Ministry of Interior. Sakık’s position has been replaced by Ağrı Governor Musa Işın.

Trustee Appointed to Bismil Municipality

Trustee Appointed to Bismil Municipality

The sub-Governor of Bismil district of the Turkey’s southeastern province of Diyarbakır has been appointed to the district’s municipality as a trustee. Detention order has been issued for Cemile Eminoğlu, the co-Mayor of the district.

6 February 2017

Doğubayazıt Co-Mayors Arrested

Doğubayazıt Co-Mayors Arrested

Seven people including Ağrı’s Doğubayazıt Co-Mayors Özbay and Tekdemir have been arrested.

6 February 2017

Co-Mayor of Muradiye Municipality Arrested

Co-Mayor of Muradiye Municipality Arrested

Van’s Muradiye district’s Co-Mayor Tunç from the Democratic Regions Party has been arrested.

26 January 2017

Trustee Appointed to Muradiye Municipality

Trustee Appointed to Muradiye Municipality

Van’s Muradiye sub-Governor Mehmet Fatih Çelikel has been appointed to Muradiye Municipality as trustee. Co-Mayor Mehmet Ali Tunç from the DBP was detained during a house raid yesterday.

17 January 2017

Trustee Appointed to Tutak Municipality

Trustee Appointed to Tutak Municipality

With an appointment of Ağrı’s Tutak sub-Governor to Tutak district as a trustee, the number of trustees to DBP-governed municipalities has climbed to 57.

12 January 2017

4 DBP Co-Mayors Arrested, Trustee Appointed to Ömerli Municipality

4 DBP Co-Mayors Arrested, Trustee Appointed to Ömerli Municipality

The co-mayors of Kulp district of Diyarbakır, Viranşehir and Bozova districts of Urfa province have been arrested. Trustee has been appointed to Ömerl district of Mardin province.

Trustee Lays Diyarbakır City Theater Players Off

Trustee Lays Diyarbakır City Theater Players Off

Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality hasn’t renewed contract of City Theater players, leaving theater with no players.

5 January 2017 Bircan Değirmenci

Ömerli, Çatak Co-Mayors Arrested

Ömerli, Çatak Co-Mayors Arrested

Mardin’s Ömerli Co-Mayor Tekin and Van’s Çatak Co-Mayor Bartu have been arrested. There are 72 Co-Mayors from the DBP under arrest.

Ağrı Co-Mayor Mukaddes Kubilay Arrested

Ağrı Co-Mayor Mukaddes Kubilay Arrested

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

28 December 2016

Trustees Appointed to 3 Municipalities in Bitlis

Trustees Appointed to 3 Municipalities in Bitlis

Trustees have been appointed to municipalities of DBP-governed Hizan, Mutli and Yolalan in Bitlis. The number of DBP-governed municipalities to which trustees have been appointed has increased to 49. 70 co-mayors are under arrest.

26 December 2016

Akdeniz Co-Mayor Mutlu Arrested

Akdeniz Co-Mayor Mutlu Arrested

15 people including Akdeniz Co-Mayor Yüksel Mutlu from the DBP and HDP Mersin Provincial Co-Chair Sadun Doğan have been arrested.

26 December 2016

Diyarbakır Municipality’s Kurdish-Turkish Plate Renewed

Diyarbakır Municipality’s Kurdish-Turkish Plate Renewed

On Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality building’s renewed Kurdish and Turkish plate, silhouettes of Grand Mosque, Ten Arches Bridge and Four-Legged Minaret take place. The Amed writing has been removed, T.C. (Republic of Turkey) and Turkish flag included.

21 December 2016

Trustee Appointed to Siirt Baykan Municipality

Trustee Appointed to Siirt Baykan Municipality

Sub-Governor Mehmet Kocabey has been appointed to Siirt Baykan Municipality as a trustee. The number of DBP-governed Municipalities to which trustees were appointed has risen to 46.

21 December 2016

5 More DBP Co-Mayors Arrested

5 More DBP Co-Mayors Arrested

Bitlis’ Hizan Co-Mayor İhsan Uğur, Mutki Co-Mayor Özcan Birlik, Yolalan Co-Mayor Felemez Aydın, Siirt’s Baykan Co-Mayor Selva Erdoğan and Veysel Karani Co-Mayor Enes Cengiz have been arrested.

21 December 2016

Trustee Appointed to Yüksekova Municipality

Trustee Appointed to Yüksekova Municipality

Hakkari’s Yüksekova district sub-Governor Kaşıkçı has been appointed as trustee to the district. The number of trustees appointed to DBP-governed municipalities has risen to 45.

19 December 2016

Gercüş Co-Mayors Detained

Gercüş Co-Mayors Detained

Suspended Batman’s Gercüş district Co-Mayors Zeynep Oduncu and Abdülkerim Kaya have been detained.

15 December 2016

3 Co-Mayors Detained in Bitlis

3 Co-Mayors Detained in Bitlis

Hizan Co-Mayor İhsan Uğur, Mutki Co-Mayor Özcan Birlik and Yolalan Co-Mayor Felemez Aydın, all from the DBP, have been detained in Bitlis.

14 December 2016

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

Trustees Appointed to Yenişehir, Kayapınar, Çukurca Municipalities

Trustees Appointed to Yenişehir, Kayapınar, Çukurca Municipalities

Sub-governors of Yenişehir, Kayapınar and Çukurca districts, which were governed by the DBP, have been appointed as trustees to the districts’ municipalities.

8 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

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