Turkey sacks 3 mayors from pro-Kurdish DEM party

Turkey unseats Kurdish mayors in crackdown after peace proposal
Turkey dismissed the pro-Kurdish mayors of three southeastern cities on Monday for alleged ties to Kurdish militants, just two weeks after President Tayyip Erdogan's main ally made a proposal for ending the militants' 40-year insurgency in the southeast.
Turkey: Government unseats three mayors from pro-Kurdish party
The dismissal of mayors in Mardin, Batman and Halfeti follows overtures by the government towards jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan
Turkey sacks 3 pro-Kurdish party mayors over alleged 'terror' ties
Turkey on Monday sacked three mayors in the Kurdish-majority southeast on alleged "terrorism" charges, despite Ankara's apparent desire to seek a rapprochement with the Kurdish community.
Hundreds in Turkey protest the arrest and ouster of opposition mayor
Hundreds of people have gathered in Istanbul to protest against the arrest and removal from office of a mayor from Turkey's main opposition party for alleged links to a banned Kurdish militant group.
Mayor from Turkey’s main opposition party is detained over alleged ties to Kurdish militants
State media say a mayor from Turkey’s main opposition party has been detained on suspicion of being a member of a banned Kurdish militant group.
Turkey sacks three southeastern mayors from pro-Kurdish DEM party
The Turkish government stripped three elected pro-Kurdish mayors of their posts in southeastern cities on Monday and replaced them with state officials, citing charges on terrorism-related offences. Turkey on Monday sacked three mayors facing terrorism charges in the Kurdish-majority southeast and replaced them with trustees,
Turkey sacks 3 mayors on 'terror' charges, sparking fury in southeast
Angry protesters hit the streets of several cities in mainly-Kurdish southeastern Turkey on Monday after the authorities sacked three mayors on "terrorism" charges, sparking a rebuke from Europe's leading rights organisation.
Turkey sacks 3 pro-Kurdish mayors for 'terror ties'
Turkey on Monday sacked three mayors in the Kurdish-majority southeast on alleged "terrorism" charges, despite Ankara's apparent desire to seek a rapprochement with the Kurdish community.
Turkey sacks 3 mayors in Kurdish majority southeast
Turkey on Monday sacked three mayors facing terrorism charges in the Kurdish-majority southeast and replaced them with trustees. The Turkish government has removed dozens of elected Kurdish mayors in the southeast and replaced them with its own trustees.
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Erdogan government suspends elected Kurdish mayors
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Bahçeli reiterates call for Öcalan to declare dissolution of PKK in parliament
Despite the recent takeover of pro-Kurdish municipalities, the nationalist leader insists on his offer.
Turkish police, protesters clash after pro-Kurdish mayors removed
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