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...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 31, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Diyarbakır Co-mayors Gülten Kışanak and Fırat Anlı, former pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party’s (HDP) deputy Ayla Akat Ata, who was detained on terrorism charges last week, were arrested on Sunday, DHA reported. The co-mayors were brought to the Diyarbakır...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
Police teams have intervened in a crowd that gathered in front of the Diyarbakır municipal building to protest the detention of the city’s co-mayors on Tuesday, detaining 25 people. Diyarbakır Co-mayors Gülten Kışanak and Fırat Anlı were detained on terrorism charges...