On the morning of Eid al-Adha Eve, the political administration has raided 28 municipalities, stating to have “seized power” through trustees, which is reminiscent of 12 September 1980 coup d’etat from 30 years ago.
There is no difference between the mentality that bombards the Parliament, the elected public will and the mentality that storms into the municipalities shouting to have “seized power” in a usurpation of the local public will.
We reiterate that the regulation enabling assignments of trustees over municipalities, brought through Decree with the Power of Law, by the AKP administration and Erdoğan violates multiple Constitutional clauses, democratic international agreements signed by Turkey, including the European Convention on Human Rights and the European Charter of Local Self Government, the universal law and fundamental human rights.
Ignoring the voters’ will, rendering local administrators ineffective, this unlawful regulation is null and void for us.
The target of this trustee coup is the municipalities, local administration in Kurdish cities, elected through 65-95% vote rates. This unlawful arbitrary attitude will do nothing but intensify existing issues, causing the Kurdish issuse to become unresolvable to further degrees.
The people will claim their elected mayors and city councils. The people will not yield to this mentality that ignore their votes, usurp their will. The people will not concede to this unlawful regulation.
The government should immediately abandon this perilous step; they should quit trying to take advantage of the recent coup attempt on July 15th
Peoples’ Democratic Party
Central Executive Board
21st September, 2016
List of provincial or district municipality heads that been replaced:
- Batman
- Batman – Beşiri
- Batman – Gercüş
- Batman- Beşiri – İkiköprü
- Hakkari
- Adana – Pozantı
- Ağrı – Diyadin
- Diyarbakır – Silvan
- Diyarbakır – Sur
- Erzurum – Aşkale
- Erzurum – Hınıs
- Giresun – Çamoluk
- Iğdır – Tuzluca
- Iğdır- Merkez – Hoşhaber
- Konya – Ilgın
- Mardin – Dargeçit
- Mardin – Derik
- Mardin – Mazıdağı
- Mardin – Nusaybin
- Muş – Bulanık
- Siirt – Eruh
- Urfa – Suruç
- Şırnak – Cizre
- Şırnak – Silopi
- Van – Edremit
- Van – Erciş
- Van – İpekyolu
- Van – Özalp
