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| NO | Mayors | Municipalities | Situation | Imprisoned date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sara KAYA | Nusaybin, Mardin | Dismissed, Arrested, Detained | 31/08/2015 | ||
| 2 | Zeynep ŞIPÇIK | Dargeçit, Mardin | Dismissed, Arrested, Detained | 30/03/2016 | ||
| 3 | Nazmi ÇUŞKON | Merkez, Hakkari | Dismissed, Arrested, Detained | 27/04/2016 | ||
| 4 | Burhan KOCAMAN | Karakoçan, Elazığ | Dismissed, Arrested, Detained | 27.01.2016/ 29.09.2016 | ||
| 5 | Cennet AYIK | Karakoçan, Elazığ | Dismissed, Arrested, Detained | 27.01.2016/ 29.09.2016 | ||
| 6 | Selim KURBANOĞLU | Yenişehir, Diyarbakır | Dismissed, Detained | 26/02/2016 | ||
| 7 | Gültan KIŞANAK | Büyükşehir Belediyesi, Diyarbakır | Dismissed, Arrested, Detained | 25/10/2016 | ||
| 8 | Fırat ANLI | Büyükşehir Belediyesi, Diyarbakır | Dismissed, Arrested, Detained | 25/10/2016 | ||
| 9 | Zülfiye KAŞMIR | Dicle, Diyarbakır | Dismissed, Detained | 25/08/2016 | ||
| 10 | Ahmet TOLOĞ | Silopi, Şırnak | Dismissed, Arrested, Detained | 24/08/2016 | ||
| 11 | Sevil Rojbin ÇETIN | Edremit, Van | Dismissed, Arrested, Detained | 24/08/2015 | ||
| 12 | Dilek HATIPOĞLU | Hakkari, Hakkari | Dismissed, Arrested, Detained | 23/08/2015 | ||
| 13 | Nurullah ÇIFTÇI | Hakkari, Hakkari | Dismissed, Arrested, Detained | 23/08/2015 | ||
| 14 | Eda KILIS | Eruh, Siirt | Dismissed, Detained | 23/03/2016 | ||
| 15 | Sabahat ÇETINKAYA | Derik, Mardin | Dismissed, Arrested, Detained | 22/02/2016 | ||
| 16 | Nuri AKMAN | Sırtköy, Şırnak | Dismissed, Detained | 22/01/2016 | ||
| 17 | Mehmet Muhdi ASLAN | İdil, Şırnak | Dismissed, Arrested, Detained | 21/09/2016 | ||
| 18 | Zilan ALDATMAZ | Saray, Van | Dismissed, Arrested, Detained | 21/09/2016 | ||
| 19 | Hidayet TIRYAKI | İkiköprü, Batman | Dismissed, Arrested, Detained | 21/09/2015 | ||
| 20 | Mustafa ÖZTÜRK | Beşiri, Batman | Dismissed, Arrested, Detained | 21/09/2015 | ||
| 21 | Osman KARABULUT | İkiköprü, Batman | Dismissed, Arrested, Detained | 21/09/2015 | ||
| 22 | Gülcemal ERDINÇ | Balpınar, Batman | Dismissed, Arrested, Detained | 21/09/2015 | ||
| 23 | Gülistan AKEL | Batman, Batman | Dismissed, Arrested, Detained | 21/09/2015 | ||
| 24 | Sabri ÖZDEMIR | Merkez, Batman | Dismissed, Detained | 21/09/2015 | ||
| 25 | Figen YAŞAR | Bulanık, Muş | Dismissed, Arrested, Detained | 21/04/2016 | ||
| 26 | Şengül ERKMEN | Digor, Kars | Dismissed, Detained | 19/11/2015 | ||
| 27 | Ekrem BINGÜL | Digor, Kars | Dismissed, Detained | 19/11/2015 | ||
| 28 | Fazıl TÜRK | Akdeniz, Mersin | Dismissed, Detained | 18/11/2015 | ||
| 29 | Ahmet TÜRK | Mardin, Mardin | Dismissed, Arrested, Detained | 17/11/2016 | ||
| 30 | Nevin OYMAN GIRASUN | İdil, Şırnak | Dismissed, Arrested, Detained | 16/08/2016 | ||
| 31 | Sadiye SÜRER | Kulp, Diyarbakır | Dismissed, Detained | 15/08/2016 | ||
| 32 | Seyfettin AYDEMIR | Silopi, Şırnak | Dismissed, Detained | 15/02/2016 | ||
| 33 | Abdurrahman ÇAĞAN | Erciş, Van | Dismissed, Arrested, Detained | 15.10.2015/ 28.04.2016 | ||
| 34 | Hasan Basri FIRAT | Hınıs, Erzurum | Dismissed, Arrested, Detained | 14/10/2015 | ||
| 35 | Mustafa ALPARSLAN | Diyadin, Ağrı | Dismissed, Detained | 14/07/2016 | ||
| 36 | Necla YILDIRIM | Mazıdağı, Mardin | Dismissed, Detained | 13/08/2016 | ||
| 37 | Adile KOZAY | Yüksekova, Hakkari | Dismissed, Detained | 13/08/2016 | ||
| 38 | Hüsnü BEŞER | Yüksekova, Hakkari | Dismissed, Arrested, Detained | 13/04/2016 | ||
| 39 | Diba KESKIN | Erciş, Van | Dismissed, Arrested, Detained | 12/10/2015 | ||
| 40 | Şaziye ÖNDER | Iğdır, Iğdır | Dismissed, Arrested, Detained | 12/10/2015 | ||
| 41 | Mehmet GÜLTEKIN | Tuzluca, Iğdır | Dismissed, Arrested, Detained | 12/10/2015 | ||
| 42 | Ali ÇAM | Hoşhaber, Iğdır | Dismissed, Arrested, Detained | 12/10/2015 | ||
| 43 | Rohat ÖZBAY | Doğubeyazıt, Ağrı | Dismissed, Arrested, Detained | 12/09/2015 | ||
| 44 | Şerafettin ÖZALP | Özalp, Van | Dismissed, Arrested, Detained | 12/07/2016 | ||
| 45 | Leyla İMRET | Cizre, Şırnak | Dismissed, Detained | 12.09.2015 / 18.11.2015 / 22.01.2016/ 11.09.2016 | ||
| 46 | Fatma YILDIZ | Merkez, Hakkari | Dismissed, Arrested, Detained | 11/04/2016 | ||
| 47 | Servin KARAKOÇ | Ovakışla, Bitlis | Dismissed, Arrested, Detained | 09/10/2016 | ||
| 48 | Ahmet DEMIR | Ovakışla, Bitlis | Dismissed, Arrested, Detained | 09/10/2016 | ||
| 49 | Handan BAĞCI | Özalp, Van | Dismissed, Arrested, Detained | 09/10/2015 | ||
| 50 | Seyran ARĞAN | Beytüşşebap, Şırnak | Dismissed, Arrested, Detained | 09/06/2016 | ||
| 51 | Abdurrahman ZORLU | Hani, Diyarbakır | Dismissed, Arrested, Detained | 08/09/2016 | ||
| 52 | Hüseyin KILIÇ | Eruh, Siirt | Dismissed, Detained | 08/09/2015 | ||
| 53 | Tülay KARACA | Tekman, Erzurum | Dismissed, Arrested, Detained | 07/09/2016 | ||
| 54 | Kasım AĞGÜN | Hoşhaber, Iğdır | Dismissed, Arrested, Detained | 06/03/2016 | ||
| 55 | Ali ÖZKAN | Mazıdağı, Mardin | Dismissed, Detained | 05/11/2015 | ||
| 56 | Aygün TAŞKIN | Ergani, Diyarbakır | Dismissed, Arrested, Detained | 05/04/2016 | ||
| 57 | Rahmi ÇELIK | Bulanık, Muş | Dismissed, Arrested, Detained | 05/01/2016 | ||
| 58 | Hazal ARAS | Diyadin, Ağrı | Dismissed, Arrested, Detained | 03/03/2016 | ||
| 59 | Evin KEVE | Çatak, Van | Dismissed, Arrested, Detained | 03/01/2016 | ||
| 60 | Safure GÜNEŞ | Muradiye, Van | Dismissed, Detained | 02/03/2016 | ||
| 61 | Emrah GÜLTAŞ | Muradiye, Van | Dismissed, Detained | 02/03/2016 | ||
| 62 | Emine ESMER | Silopi, Şırnak | Dismissed, Arrested, Detained | 02.01.2016/ 23.02.2016/ 03.03.2016 | ||
| 63 | Suna ATABAY | Çaldıran, Van | Dismissed, Arrested, Detained | 01/11/2016 | ||
| 64 | Orhan ŞANSAL | Suruç, Urfa | Dismissed, Detained | 01/01/2016 | ||
| 65 | Seferi YILMAZ | Şemdinli, Hakkari | Dismissed | |||
| 66 | Servet TUNÇ | Çukurca, Hakkari | Dismissed | |||
| 67 | Zeynel TAŞ | Bozova, Şanlıurfa | Dismissed | |||
| 68 | Fatma ŞIK BARUT | Sur, Diyarbakır | Dismissed | |||
| 69 | Leyla SALMAN | Kızıltepe, Mardin | Dismissed | |||
| 70 | Sırrı SAKIK | Ağrı, Ağrı | Dismissed | |||
| 71 | Hüseyin OLAN | Bitlis, Bitlis | Dismissed | |||
| 72 | Seyit NARIN | Sur, Diyarbakır | Dismissed | |||
| 73 | Özlem KUTLU | Kumçatı, Şırnak | Dismissed | |||
| 74 | Mukaddes KUBİLAY | Ağrı, Ağrı | Dismissed | |||
| 75 | Mehmet Sait KARABAKAN | Karayazı, Erzurum | Dismissed | |||
| 76 | Serhat KADIRHAN | Şırnak, Şırnak | Dismissed | |||
| 77 | Emin IRMAK | Artuklu, Mardin | Dismissed | |||
| 78 | Hüseyin GÜNEŞ | Varto, Muş | Dismissed | |||
| 79 | Harun ERKUŞ | Lice, Diyarbakır | Dismissed | |||
| 80 | Abdulkerim ERDEM | Derik, Mardin | Dismissed | |||
| 81 | Sabite EKİNCİ | Varto, Muş | Dismissed | |||
| 82 | Mehmet Sinan BURUN | Viranşehir, Şanlıurfa | Dismissed | |||
| 83 | Yüksel BODAKÇI | Silvan, Diyarbakır | Dismissed | |||
| 84 | Zeynep Han BİNGÖL | Karayazı, Erzurum | Dismissed | |||
| 85 | Ülkü BAYTAŞ | Yenişehir, Diyarbakır | Dismissed | |||
| 86 | Mustafa BAYRAM | Halfeti, Şanlıurfa | Dismissed | |||
| 87 | Tuncer BAKIRHAN | Siirt, Siirt | Dismissed | |||
| 88 | Mehmet Ali AYDIN | Kayapınar, Diyarbakır | Dismissed | |||
| 89 | İsmail Asi | Kızıltepe, Mardin | Dismissed | |||
| 90 | Nurhayat ALTUN | Merkez, Tunceli | Dismissed | |||
| 91 | Halil AKBAŞ | Suruç, Şanlıurfa | Dismissed | |||
| 92 | Gurbet TEKIN | Savur, Mardin | Dismissed | |||
| 93 | Melikşah TEKE | Silvan, Diyarbakır | Dismissed | |||
| 94 | Abdulkerim SAYAN | Edremit, Van | Dismissed | |||
| 95 | Nizamettin ÖZDEN | Diyadin, Ağrı | Dismissed | |||
| 96 | Eylem Özlem ONUK | Şırnak, Şırnak | Dismissed | |||
| 97 | Kadir KUNUR | Cizre, Şırnak | Dismissed | |||
| 98 | Abdulkerim KAYA | Gercüş, Batman | Dismissed | |||
| 99 | Mehmet Ali BUL | Tunceli, Tunceli | Dismissed | |||
| 100 | Aygül BIDAV | İpekyolu, Van | Dismissed |
The Turkish government is carrying out a massive crackdown on democratically elected Kurdish mayors.
The elected Kurds are thus dismissed from their posts under the charge of "links with the PKK" without any form of trial or judgment. They are replaced by trustees appointed by the Turkish government in defiance of universal suffrage and municipal freedoms.
According to a settlement of 2.12.2016, 47 Kurdish mayors are currently held in Turkish prisons, often in the Turkish cities of the west of the country, located hundreds of kilometers away from Kurdistan. Thus, Ms. Gultan Kisanak, mayor of the Kurdish capital Diyarbakir, 1,800,000 inhabitants, is imprisoned in an isolation cell of the high security prison of Kocaeli, more than a thousand kilometers away from her city. The Turkish prosecutors are demanding 285 years' imprisonment for Ms. Kisanak.
