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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
FEBRUARY 6 EARTHQUAKES
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
Court of Cassation upholds former Van co-mayor's prison sentence for 'terrorism'
Bekir Kaya was sentenced to 8 years and 3 months in prison for various charges related to "terrorism."
27 December 2021
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
Mardin's former 'trustee mayor' under investigation for massive corruption
According to civil inspectors, the government-appointed municipal administration made payments for works that were never done and registered pre-existing buildings as newly constructed.
14 September 2021
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
Mobbing by 'trustee' administration of Diyarbakır Municipality
Beyda Yıldız, who was "exiled" while she was a press officer at the municipality's water and sewerage administration, has suffered a brain hemorrhage due to intense stress.
4 June 2021
Bircan Değirmenci
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
Boğaziçi rector appointment shows 'trustee policies not limited to HDP municipalities'
Ruling the country through trustees is becoming a dominant method used by the government, says Sancar.
7 January 2021
AKP drafts bill allowing Interior Ministry to replace NGO heads
The bill authorizes the Ministry of Interior to replace NGO executives because of "terrorism-related" investigations as them.
17 December 2020
AKP refers former Diyarbakır MP to Disciplinary Board
Ruling AKP’s former Diyarbakır MP Mehmet İhsan Arslan, also a founding member of the party, has been referred to the AKP Disciplinary Board shortly after he gave an interview criticizing the policies of the party.
25 November 2020
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Ayhan Bilgen: Dismissed as mayor, arrested and blocked on Twitter
The government-appointed municipal administration has blocked dismissed mayor on Twitter and deleted the municipality's old tweets about its work in Kars city.
8 October 2020
‘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?”
20 August 2020
Dismissed Diyarbakır Mayor Mızraklı: Those who resist will have the last say
Mızraklı was dismissed as the Diyarbakır Mayor and later imprisoned on "terrorism-related" charges.
19 August 2020
HDP: Four million votes 'robbed' with mayor dismissals
The government has taken over 47 of the 65 municipalities won by the HDP in the Kurdish-majority provinces.
18 August 2020
Corruption in Mardin municipality after government takeover: 13 people remanded in custody
The ousted mayor had said corruption in the municipality reached an "unprecedented level" after the Ministry of Interior replaced him with a trustee.
3 August 2020
Appeals court upholds prison sentence of ousted Diyarbakır mayor
Selçuk Mızraklı was sentenced to nine years in prison for "membership of an illegal organization" after being dismissed as the mayor of Diyarbakır.
15 July 2020
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The Ones Detained in Trustee Protests in Ankara Released
Battered and taken into custody by the police in the capital city of Ankara while protesting the recent appointment of trustees to five HDP municipalities, nine HDP members have been released from detention.
21 May 2020
Four Dismissed HDP Mayors Given House Arrest
While four of the dismissed co-mayors have been given house arrest, six people, including co-mayors and municipal employees, have been released on the condition of judicial control measures.
19 May 2020
CoE Local Authorities Head Warns Mayor Dismissals a 'Permanent Threat' to Democracy
The Ministry of Interior has taken over 45 out of 65 municipalities won by the HDP in Kurdish-majority provinces.
19 May 2020
HDP Slams Appointment of Trustees: 30 Million People's Will Usurped in Five Years
Slamming the recent appointment of trustees to HDP municipalities, HDP Co-Chair Sancar has said, “This government is putschist.” HDP İstanbul Organization has also noted that “they will struggle against this dark mindset without bowing down.”
15 May 2020
Interior Ministry Dismisses Co-Mayors of Five HDP Municipalities
The Interior Ministry has now taken over 45 out of 65 HDP municipalities since the local elections last year.
15 May 2020