Turkey arrests Diyarbakir’s mayors over PKK links

‘Turkey has arrested the co-mayors of the Kurdish-majority city of Diyarbakir in southeastern Turkey over charges of aiding militants.
Gultan Kisanak and her co-mayor Firat Anli were arrested on Tuesday as part of an investigation into terrorism links, said a statement released by the local prosecutor’s office on Tuesday.
Both are accused of giving speeches in support of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which Turkey deems as a terrorist organization, and for pushing autonomy for the country’s some 16 million Kurds.’
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