Turkey on Saturday removed another elected pro-Kurdish provincial mayor over convictions on terrorism-related charges and appointed a state official in his place, the interior ministry said.
Abdullah Zeydan, a member of the pro-Kurdish DEM Party and mayor of the eastern province of Van, because of his recent conviction for "assisting an armed terrorist organisation", the ministry said in a statement.
over terrorism-related charges since the March 2024 local elections. Another CHP-member mayor has been under arrest over tender-rigging charges.
accusations of political interference in the cases and says the judiciary is independent.
TUSIAD, was launched over his criticisms of the recent judicial crackdown on opposition leaders, mayors and journalists.
legal actions against opposition mayors as a "disregard of the rule of law and the government's violation of the fundamental principles of democracy".
Abdullah Ocalan, to seek an end to a 40-year conflict between the PKK and Turkish state.
(Reuters)
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