Ayla Akat Ata

The former Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) deputy Ayla Akat Ata, who once represented the southeastern province of Batman, was arrested over “terrorist propaganda charges on Feb. 20. 

A former deputy representing the southeastern province of Batman, Ayla Akat Ata, was detained by police on Feb. 19 within the scope of an investigation conducted by the office of the chief prosecutor in the eastern province of Ardahan.

A trustee was appointed to Diyarbakır Municipality on Nov. 1 after the arrests of the city's mayors, Gültan Kışanak and Fırat Anlı, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

Cumali Atilla, who was working as a district governor of the Etimesgut district in Ankara, was appointed as the trustee.

A court in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır arrested Gültan Kışanak and Fırat Anlı, the co-mayors of the province, late on Oct. 30 following their detention last week in the latest blow to opposition movements in Turkey.

A delegation from the European Parliament's (EP) Socialist Group, including EU Turkey rapporteur Kati Piri, is set to pay a visit Feb. 19 to the Sur district of southeastern Diyarbak?r province, where the clashes between the security forces and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants have been ongoing for months. 

Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP) Co-Chair Selahattin Demirta? and HDP Deputy Parliamentary Group Chair Pervin Buldan will be exempt from a rule in the party?s internal regulation that limits deputies to two consecutive terms in parliament.

Opposition deputies? unprecedented creativity in their ways of objecting to a government-led controversial homeland security bill during ongoing General Assembly-level debates at parliament prevailed late Feb. 24.

A People’s Democratic Party (HDP) lawmaker for the southeastern province of Batman, which is home to Turkey’s biggest oilfield, has presented a legal proposal to share the central government’s oil revenues with local administrations, in a move that has been seen as a vital step for autonomy by Kurdish politicians.