Batman

As many as 85 officials from the Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP) and the Democratic Unity Party (DBP), including the mayor of the southeastern province of Batman and his deputy, have been detained after they attempted to enter a military security zone in Batman?s Sason district.

At least 55 militants were killed when Turkish warplanes hit the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) camps in northern Iraq overnight, security sources told Reuters on Sept. 19.
   
The jets took off from a base in Diyarbak?r, in Turkey's southeast, and later returned without damage, the sources said.

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an is continuing to campaign on behalf of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), even though the constitution says he should be above party politics and maintain an equal distance from all political parties.

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an slammed the Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP) mayors of the southeastern provinces of Batman and Diyarbak?r for not greeting him at the airport when he arrived in the area on May 2. 

How will main opposition Republican People?s Party (CHP) leader Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu?s promise of ?two bonus salaries annually for the retired? reflect on the central budget? I asked this question to Finance Minister Mehmet ?im?ek while we were flying to the southeastern city of Batman on March 12. 

Turkish authorities have announced that prayer carpets at mosques in the southeastern town of Batman will be replaced due to the complaints filed by Muslims who alleged that some of their motifs "resemble Christian priests."

The age-old problem of illegal electricity usage in eastern and southeastern Turkey, which has risen to the agenda once again with recent power outages, has deep and complex roots that cannot be explained solely by “poverty” or “political views.”