Dilek Hatipo
More than 100 municipalities probed, ten mayors jailed in Turkey's southeast
Ten mayors from the Democratic Regions Party (DBP), the sister party of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), have been suspended and detained, while 106 municipalities under the DBP have been subject to investigations on charges related to "autonomy," "co-leadership" and "terror."
Three mayors in Diyarbak?r arrested after autonomy declarations
Four mayors in southeastern Turkey have been arrested for announcing their autonomy from Ankara in response to violent attacks by state forces during battles between the military and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK).