Rehashing the trustee era: Pro-Kurdish DEM mayor replaced in Hakkari
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HAKKARİ & VAN – A recently elected mayor in Turkey's Hakkari province was detained and removed from office by the Interior Ministry Monday. The Ministry referenced an ongoing trial and a new investigation involving Mehmet Sıddık Akış, Hakkari co-mayor for the pro-Kurdish DEM Party, accusing him of holding a high-level role in the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). Akış was replaced by the city's governor, Ali Çelik.
Rehashing the trustee era: Pro-Kurdish DEM mayor replaced in Hakkari
Rehashing the trustee era: Pro-Kurdish DEM…
Rehashing the trustee era: Pro-Kurdish DEM mayor replaced in Hakkari
HAKKARİ & VAN – A recently elected mayor in Turkey's Hakkari province was detained and removed from office by the Interior Ministry Monday. The Ministry referenced an ongoing trial and a new investigation involving Mehmet Sıddık Akış, Hakkari co-mayor for the pro-Kurdish DEM Party, accusing him of holding a high-level role in the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). Akış was replaced by the city's governor, Ali Çelik.