Twenty-eight trustees were appointed to oversee local administrations Sunday following the suspension of mayors accused of links to terrorism, the Interior Ministry said.
The mayors were suspended from duty over alleged ties to the PKK or the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO) linked to the July 15 coup attempt, the ministry said in a statement. Four of the removed mayors are accused of ties to FETO with 24 said to support the PKK.
The ministry said it was resuming control in municipalities that had “hijacked the national will and taxes”.
The affected areas are mostly in the east and southeast of the country, including the provincial capitals Hakkari and Batman and districts within the provinces of Agri, Van, Diyarbakir, Erzurum, Igdir, Mardin, Sanliurfa and Mus.
The decision was made by newly-appointed Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu under emergency powers passed in the wake of the attempted coup...
aa.com.tr
11/9/16
The mayors were suspended from duty over alleged ties to the PKK or the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO) linked to the July 15 coup attempt, the ministry said in a statement. Four of the removed mayors are accused of ties to FETO with 24 said to support the PKK.
The ministry said it was resuming control in municipalities that had “hijacked the national will and taxes”.
The affected areas are mostly in the east and southeast of the country, including the provincial capitals Hakkari and Batman and districts within the provinces of Agri, Van, Diyarbakir, Erzurum, Igdir, Mardin, Sanliurfa and Mus.
The decision was made by newly-appointed Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu under emergency powers passed in the wake of the attempted coup...
aa.com.tr
11/9/16
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