Turkey axes 28 mayors over suspected ‘PKK links’

‘The Turkish government has fired more than two dozen local mayors in the mainly Kurdish-populated southeast of the country over suspected links to a banned pro-Kurdish militant group.
On Sunday, Ankara dismissed 28 mayors, who mostly belonged to the opposition pro-Kurdish Peoples Democratic Party (HDP) and were suspected of being linked to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
A similar measure had been taken on Thursday, when Ankara suspended about 11,500 teachers over suspected links to the PKK militant group. The Anadolu state news agency said the Education Ministry suspected that the teachers had been involved in activities “in support of the separatist terrorist organization and its affiliates,” in an apparent reference to the PKK.’
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