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Lawmakers brawl in Turkish parliament over pro-Kurdish mayor's detention
AOL· 3 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
Reuters· 5 days agoPolice detained a pro-Kurdish party mayor in southeast Turkey on Monday over alleged militant links and he has been replaced by the state governor, the interior ministry said, two months after ...
Turkey convicts pro-Kurdish party mayor for militant ties
Reuters· 3 days agoMehmet Siddik Akis, 53, mayor of Hakkari province bordering Iran and Iraq, was detained on Monday and accused of having a high-level role in the outlawed Kurdistan
Pro-Kurdish lawmakers stage protest in Turkey's parliament to denounce the ouster of a new mayor
U-T San Diego· 3 days agoMore than a dozen legislators from Turkey’s pro-Kurdish party staged a demonstration in parliament on Tuesday to denounce the arrest and expulsion from office of a newly elected mayor, Turkish ...
Turkey's defense minister says planned elections by Syrian Kurdish groups are 'unacceptable'
San Antonio Express-News· 5 days agoPlans by U.S.-backed Kurdish groups to conduct local elections in northern Syria are “unacceptable”...