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Newly-elected purge-victim mayors will not be given mandates: Turkey’s election body

Newly-elected purge-victim mayors will not be given mandates: Turkey’s election body

by TurkeyPurge | Apr 18, 2019 | Today in Crackdown

Turkey’s Supreme Election Board (YSK) on Thursday confirmed its decision to annul the election of mayors who were purged from public service by government decrees after objections from the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), the Artı Gerçek news website reported. In the...
İstanbul mayor-elect: Turkish gov’t threatens football clubs over my attendance at games

İstanbul mayor-elect: Turkish gov’t threatens football clubs over my attendance at games

by TurkeyPurge | Apr 15, 2019 | Today in Crackdown

Ekrem İmamoğlu, who was elected mayor of İstanbul according to unofficial results in the March 31 local elections, has told media that managements of two Turkish football clubs, Fenerbahçe and Beşiktaş, were “threatened” by a minister and were ordered not...
9 purge-victim mayor-elects denied mandate by Turkey’s election authority

9 purge-victim mayor-elects denied mandate by Turkey’s election authority

by TurkeyPurge | Apr 13, 2019 | Today in Crackdown

At least nine people who were elected as mayors of different Turkish provinces mostly from the ranks of the Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), have been denied the mandate by the Supreme Election Board (YSK), the Mesopotamia news agency reported. Turkey’s...
Mayor-elect purged teacher denied certificate of election by electoral council: report

Mayor-elect purged teacher denied certificate of election by electoral council: report

by TurkeyPurge | Apr 7, 2019 | Today in Crackdown

Zeyyat Ceylan, the mayor-elect of Diyarbakır’s Bağlar district, has been denied the certificate of election of mayor by the Supreme Election Board (YSK). According to the Diken news portal, the Ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) mayoral candidate Hüseyin...
Kurdish journalist Oktay Candemir under police custody over “terrorism propaganda”

Kurdish journalist Oktay Candemir under police custody over “terrorism propaganda”

by TurkeyPurge | Apr 5, 2019 | Today in Crackdown

Oktay Candemir, a Turkey-based Kurdish journalist, has been taken into custody in Van province. According to the GazeteKarınca news portal, Candemir was detained by Van police during a police raid on Friday morning. In September 2017, he was given a prison sentence of...
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