Over 300 "suspects" were arrested for demonstrating "without authorisation" in Van, in the south-east of Turkey with a Kurdish majority, and "on behalf of the separatist terrorist organisation", a term used by Ankara to indicate the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). The Minister of the Interior, Ali Yerlikaya, announced this on
After the first disqualification, the Election Council awarded the position of mayor to Zeydan.
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