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Pro-Kurdish lawmakers stage protest in Turkey's parliament to denounce the ouster of a new mayor -...
ABC 7 El Paso· 6 days agoMore than a dozen legislators from Turkey’s pro-Kurdish party have staged a demonstration in parliament to denounce the arrest and expulsion from office of a newly elected ...
Turkey jails ousted pro-Kurdish mayor for nearly 20 years | Fox 11 Tri Cities Fox 41 Yakima
FOX 11/41 Yakima· 5 days agoA court in Turkey jailed Wednesday a pro-Kurdish mayor for 19 and a half years for “terrorism”, his lawyer said, a ruling denounced as a “coup d’etat” by his party. Mehmet ...
Lawmakers brawl in Turkish parliament over pro-Kurdish mayor's detention
AOL· 6 days agoOn Monday, police detained Mehmet Siddik Akis, mayor of the southeastern Hakkari province bordering Iran and Iraq, just two months after he won power in local elections. Turkey's Interior Ministry ...
Turkey arrests pro-Kurdish mayor two months after election
StreetInsider· 7 days agoPolice detained a pro-Kurdish party mayor in southeast Turkey on Monday over alleged militant links and he has been replaced by the state governor, the ...
Turkey convicts pro-Kurdish party mayor for militant ties
Reuters· 5 days agoA Turkish court sentenced a pro-Kurdish party mayor in southeast Turkey to nearly 20 years in prison on Wednesday over links to militants, local media reported. Mehmet Siddik ...