Turkey dismissed the pro-Kurdish mayors of three southeastern cities on Monday for alleged ties to Kurdish militants, just ...

Turkey has removed three elected pro-Kurdish mayors from office over terrorism-related charges and replaced them with ...

The dismissal of mayors in Mardin, Batman and Halfeti follows overtures by the government towards jailed PKK leader Abdullah ...

The appointment of trustees to replace elected mayors is a blatant attack on basic democratic rights. The Socialist Equality ...

Local governors replaced the mayors in the provincial centers of Mardin and Batman, while the mayor of Halfeti in Sanliurfa ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Angry protestors, led by opposition politicians on Monday, hit the streets in Turkey hours after ...

Turkey on Monday sacked three mayors in the Kurdish-majority southeast on alleged "terrorism" charges, despite Ankara's ...

Turkey's interior ministry said it had replaced the mayors from the pro-Kurdish DEM Party in the cities of Mardin, Batman and Halfeti with government-appointed administrators. The move ...

Hundreds of people have gathered in Istanbul to protest against the arrest and removal from office of a mayor from Turkey’s ...

Angry protesters hit the streets of several cities in mainly-Kurdish southeastern Turkey on Monday after the authorities sacked three mayors on "terrorism" charges, sparking a rebuke from Europe's ...

Turkey on Monday sacked three mayors in the Kurdish-majority southeast on alleged "terrorism" charges, despite Ankara's ...