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Another pro-Kurdish mayor removed from office
The co-mayor of Van’s Bahçesaray district has been removed from office following a court order against him.
2 December 2024
Police raid home of dismissed Esenyurt mayor’s deputy
Osman Yalçın was not at home at the time of the raid and efforts to locate him continue. He is sought as part of the same investigation that led to the arrest of Mayor Ahmet Özer.
29 November 2024
CHP leader visits ousted mayor in prison
Özel accused the government of intentionally delaying his visit to dismissed Esenyurt Mayor Ahmet Özer, who was put behind bars on Nov 1.
29 November 2024
Two mayors removed in Kurdish-populated Dersim city, sparking protests
Hundreds of people protesting the takeover of the municipalities clash with the police.
22 November 2024
Detainees forced to listen to Turkish nationalist song during trustee protests, says rights group
Hundreds of people have been detained in protests against the government’s takeover of pro-Kurdish municipalities in early November.
22 November 2024
Two opposition mayors sentenced to prison on ‘terror’ charges in Dersim
The mayors may be suspended from office and replaced with trustees following the conviction.
20 November 2024
Mistreatment at Batman protests following pro-Kurdish mayor’s removal
Dozens of people have been detained over the past week during the protests.
11 November 2024
DEM co-leader faces investigation over critical remarks on municipal takeovers
Tuncer Bakırhan had referenced Kurdish insurgencies in the early years of the republic and in the insurgency led by the PKK in a speech criticizing the replacement of DEM mayors.
8 November 2024
Evrim Deniz
reports
‘Trustee policies are degrading the ruling power, not the Kurdish movement’
Kurdish women politicians reflect on the takeover of municipalities in Kurdish cities.
7 November 2024
Evrim Deniz
Court rejects appeal of arrested Esenyurt mayor Ahmet Özer, trustee appointment upheld
Özer’s lawyers argued in a 40-page petition that the “PKK membership” allegation was unfounded, emphasizing that he has served as a public figure for nearly 40 years.
7 November 2024
Gallery: Dozens detained in ‘trustee’ protests amid violent police response
Protests continued throughout the night in Batman and Mardin, as well as İstanbul.
5 November 2024
Turkey’s ruling party signals more municipal takeovers
Three mayors from the pro-Kurdish DEM Party were replaced with government-appointed trustees today.
4 November 2024
Tuğçe Yılmaz
reports
‘You can’t discuss peace while appointing trustees,” says dismissed Kurdish mayor
Co-mayor Saniye Bayram emphasized Halfeti’s symbolic importance despite being the smallest district in Urfa.
4 November 2024
Tuğçe Yılmaz
Evrim Deniz
reports
Protests in Kurdish cities after removal of mayors
DEM Party supporters protested the replacemrnt of the mayors in Batman, Mardin and Urfa.
4 November 2024
Evrim Deniz
Government removes pro-Kurdish mayors in Mardin, Batman, Urfa
The move follows the recent replacement of an İstanbul district mayor elected through CHP-DEM cooperation. The pro-Kurdish DEM has now lost three of the 11 cities it won in the March elections.
4 November 2024
Ruken Tuncel
reports
Thousands protest opposition municipality's takeover in İstanbul
Leaders of the CHP and the pro-Kurdish DEM held a rally in the Esenyurt district in response to Mayor Ahmet Özer's arrest o dubious "terrorism" charges and suspension from duty.
31 October 2024
Ruken Tuncel
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.
18 July 2024
DEM members marching from İstanbul to Hakkari to protest removal of mayor
The government replaced the Hakkari co-mayor two months after the elections, citing a ‘terrorism’ investigation against him, in continuation of the ‘trustee policies.’
5 July 2024
Women’s institutions in Kurdish cities ‘turned into men’s coffee houses’ under trustee regime
A report based on observations in Diyarbakır and Batman reveals the impact of government takeover of municipalities on women-focused institutions.
19 June 2024
Pro-Kurdish mayor arrested and replaced in Hakkari province
Last night, the Hakkari Municipality in southeastern Turkey was raided by police, leading to the detention of co-mayor Mehmet Sıddık Akış and the subsequent appointment of a government-appointed trustee.
3 June 2024
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Kurdish politician Sara Kaya released after 7 years in prison
Kaya was incarcerated while she was serving as a district mayor in Mardin.
13 May 2024
Over 75% of voters in Kurdish cities against replacement of mayors
The pro-Kurdish DEM Party is seeking to win back the local administrations in the upcoming local elections in March 2024.
19 December 2023
HEDEP leader challenges 'trustees' to run for mayor
“In the upcoming elections, we will bury this trustee system in the ballot box. We will send the trustee back to their hometown, to the Palace," said Bakırhan.
1 December 2023
'Bîrgeh' conveys the memory of institutions closed by State of Emergency practices
Institutions with Kurdish and dissident identities that were closed through state of emergency practices are documented in the book titled "Bîrgeh Memory Almanac". The publication includes 246 civil society organizations and 42 media outlets, with a focus on those based in Diyarbakır.
1 December 2023
Ferid Demirel
Investigation permission not granted for trustees of four municipalities in Diyarbakır
Diyarbakır Chamber of Architects filed an objection at the Council of State against the Ministry's letter stating that no action would be taken regarding the complaints in connection with "profit-oriented unauthorized construction" against the trustees appointed to replace elected mayors in four districts of Diyarbakır.
1 November 2023
İnanç Yıldız
What Kılıçdaroğlu-Özdağ deal implies about removal of elected mayors in Kurdish cities
The government has replaced all but a few of the HDP mayors in Kurdish-majority regions since the 2019 local election. The Kılıçdaroğlu-Özdağ protocol pledges to maintain this practice, but exclusively for individuals with "proven connections to terrorism."
24 May 2023
Volga Kuşçuoğlu
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Authorities seize aid intended for earthquake victims in epicenter area
The authorities in Pazarcık reportedly emptied a truck full of aid materials, including propane cylinders. The relief efforts were organized by a local association and the HDP.
16 February 2023
Tuğçe Yılmaz
Newala Qesaba: Villas being built on buried pain
Newala Qesaba is known as a place where many Armenians killed in 1915 were buried in mass graves. Besides, many Kurds killed in armed conflicts or unidentified murders are also believed to be buried in this area.
5 January 2023
Palm trees planted by 'trustee' mayor in Diyarbakır dry up due to unsuitable climate
The trustee administration had planted about 200 palms in the arid city of Diyarbakır in Turkey's southeast. Almost all of the trees are dried up now.
16 May 2022
Constitutional Court finds dismissed co-mayors’ applications ‘inadmissible’
Turkey’s top court has finalized the application of former co-mayors of Diyarbakır’s Sur and Hani who were replaced by state-appointed trustees: “The alleged violation of the right to a fair trial is manifestly ill-founded”.
31 March 2022
Council of Europe finds appointment of trustees in Turkey 'contrary to international law'
In a recent report, the Council of Europe’s Congress of Local and Regional Authorities has found the trustees appointed by the AKP government to replace the elected HDP co-mayors to be “against the international law”.
25 March 2022
HDP’S SANCAR
‘Economic crisis fails to explain the situation in Turkey, this is a collapse’
HDP Co-Chair Mithat Sancar talked about the economy, ill prisoners, trustees and snap elections in Turkey in his speech at the HDP weekly group meeting.
12 January 2022
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