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Gov’t appointed mayor asks football club to change pro-Kurdish name

Gov’t appointed mayor asks football club to change pro-Kurdish name

by TurkeyPurge | Feb 18, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

Cumali Atilla, a former provincial governor who was appointed as the new mayor of Turkey’s largest Kurdish city Diyarbakır, has reportedly asked local football team Amedspor to change its pro-Kurdish name. Otherwise, the municipality will cut the state budget to the...
Gov’t takes over administration of Diyarbakır Municipality after co-mayors arrested

Gov’t takes over administration of Diyarbakır Municipality after co-mayors arrested

by TurkeyPurge | Nov 1, 2016 | Today in Crackdown

Cumali Atilla, governor of Ankara’s Etimesgut district, has been appointed as a trustee to the Diyarbakır Municipality, whose co-mayors were arrested on terrorism charges on Sunday, the Doğan news agency reported on Tuesday. The agency said earlier in the day that a...

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