by TurkeyPurge | Apr 9, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Ahmet Türk and Figen Altındağ, who were elected as co-mayors of the southeastern Turkish city of Mardin last Sunday from the ranks of the Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), has been denied the mandate by the Supreme Election Board (YSK), the Mesopotamia news...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 26, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Former Mardin Co-mayor Ahmet Türk, who was arrested on Dec 19 and transferred to a prison in Elazığ province on Jan. 17, was hospitalized on Wednesday as his overall physical condition is not good, his lawyer said. Speaking with the Bianet news portal on Wednesday,...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 16, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Mardin Mayor Ahmet Turk, who was arrested and sent to İstanbul’s notorious Silivri Prison on Nov. 19, was transferred to a prison in Elazığ province in the early hours of Saturday morning, according to Turkish media outlets. Türk, who was recently removed from his...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 24, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
A Turkish court on Thursday ruled to arrest Ahmet Türk, a former deputy and also co-mayor of the Mardin Municipality, who was detained on Nov. 1 on charges of membership in a terror organization. Türk, who was recently removed from his post by the Interior Ministry,...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 21, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish police on Monday detained Ahmet Türk, a former deputy and also co-mayor of the Mardin Municipality, and Emin Irmak, Artuklu district mayor, as part of a terrorism probe. The mayors were detained at home as part of an investigation overseen by the Mardin Chief...
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