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

Angry protesters hit the streets of several cities in mainly-Kurdish southeastern Turkey on Monday after the authorities ...

The protests erupted after the Interior Ministry's decision on Monday, Nov. 4, to remove the elected mayors of Mardin, Batman ...

Turkey on Monday sacked three mayors in the Kurdish-majority southeast on alleged ‘terrorism’ charges, despite Ankara’s ...

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.

The mayors of the mainly Kurdish-populated provincial capitals of Mardin and Batman, as well as the district mayor for Halfeti, in Sanliurfa province, were ousted from office over their past ...

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

Angry protesters hit the streets of several cities in mainly-Kurdish southeastern Turkey on Monday after ... Batman and of Halfeti district was slammed by the opposition as anti-democratic.

Turkey's interior ministry said it had replaced the mayors from the pro-Kurdish DEM Party in the cities of Mardin, Batman and Halfeti with government-appointed administrators. The move ...

ISTANBUL (Stockholm Center for Freedom) — The government of Turkey on Monday, November 4 ... In a sweep, the mayors of the ...