Turkey is preparing to investigate 37 municipalities controlled ... The mayors from Mardin, Batman and Halfeti were replaced ...

Turkey on Monday sacked three mayors facing terrorism charges in the Kurdish-majority southeast and replaced them with ...

Local governors replaced the mayors in the provincial centers of Mardin and Batman, while the mayor of Halfeti in Sanliurfa ...

The dismissal of mayors in Mardin, Batman and Halfeti follows overtures by the government towards jailed PKK leader Abdullah ...

Turkey dismissed the pro-Kurdish mayors of three southeastern cities on Monday for alleged ties to Kurdish militants, just ...

Turkey has removed three elected pro-Kurdish mayors from office over terrorism-related charges and replaced them with state-appointed officials.

Turkey on Monday sacked three mayors in the Kurdish-majority southeast on alleged "terrorism" charges, despite Ankara's apparent desire to seek a rapprochement with the Kurdish community. In a sweep, ...

The Turkish government stripped three elected pro-Kurdish mayors of their posts in southeastern cities on Monday and replaced ...

Under Turkish law, the interior ministry has the authority to suspend mayors under criminal investigation, appointing ...

The appointment of trustees to replace elected mayors is a blatant attack on basic democratic rights. The Socialist Equality ...

Turkey has removed three elected pro-Kurdish ... as well as the district mayor for Halfeti, in Sanliurfa province, were ousted from office over their past convictions or ongoing trials and ...