Turkey unseats Kurdish mayors in crackdown

Turkey unseats Kurdish mayors in crackdown after peace proposal
Turkey dismissed the pro-Kurdish mayors of three southeastern cities on Monday for alleged ties to Kurdish militants, just two weeks after President Tayyip Erdogan's main ally made a proposal for ending the militants' 40-year insurgency in the southeast.
Turkey: Erdogan’s government sacked three pro-Kurdish mayors on “terrorism” charges
They were elected in local elections in March, which marked a broad victory for the opposition over the Islamist-conservative AKP
Turkey ousts 3 elected pro-Kurdish mayors from office and replaces them with state officials
Turkey has removed three elected pro-Kurdish mayors from office over terrorism-related charges and replaced them with state-appointed officials
Turkish police, protesters clash after pro-Kurdish mayors removed
Turkish police scuffle with protesters condemning the removal of pro-Kurdish mayors:: Batman, Turkey::Protesters gathered at a roundabout in the centre of Batman city, where the Mayor Gulistan Sonuk was removed from her seat.
Turkey replaces pro-Kurdish mayors with state officials in southeast
Local governors replaced the mayors in the provincial centers of Mardin and Batman, while the mayor of Halfeti in Sanliurfa province was also unseated
Turkey Removes Pro-Kurdish Mayors for Alleged PKK Ties
On Monday, Turkey dismissed pro-Kurdish mayors from three southeastern cities, alleging connections to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), just weeks after a key ally of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan proposed a plan to end the group’s four-decade conflict.
Turkey sacks 3 mayors in Kurdish majority southeast
Turkey on Monday sacked three mayors in the Kurdish-majority southeast on alleged terrorism charges, despite Ankara's efforts to seek a rapprochement with the Kurdish community. It is blacklisted as a terror group by Turkey and its Western allies.
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