Turkey: Kurdish Mayors' Removal Violates Voters' Rights

The Turkish authorities’ removal and arrest of democratically elected Kurdish mayors across southeastern Turkey violates voters’ rights, Human Rights Watch said today. The Turkish government is intensifying its attack on the opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) by removing the mayors and preventing the functioning of elected local councils across Turkey’s southeast.

2014 Turkish local elections - Wikipedia

Three pro-Kurdish mayors replaced in southeastern Turkey

Four HDP mayors dismissed from office, detained

How Authoritarians Win When They Lose

ANHA

Turkey Closing Second-Largest Opposition Party? :: Gatestone Institute

World Report 2019: Turkey

Turkey's Political Crackdown Draws More International Concern

Turkey's Political Crackdown Draws More International Concern

Former HDP mayor of Diyarbakır acquitted of terrorist propaganda charges - Stockholm Center for Freedom