The ousted mayor of the southeastern province of Mardin, Ahmet Türk, was arrested on “terror” charges on Thursday.
Türk was initially brought to the Mardin Public Prosecutor’s Office in the morning hours following procedures at the police headquarters. He was later referred to a Criminal Court of Peace with a demand for his arrest after testifying to a prosecutor.
Police detained Türk on Monday after he was dismissed from his post as part of a terror investigation along with the co-mayor of Mardin’s central Artuklu district, Emin Irmak, who is also from the Democratic Regions Party (DBP), the sister party of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP).
The Interior Ministry appointed Mardin Gov. Mustafa Yaman as Mardin co-mayor in place of Türk on Nov. 17 while trustees were appointed to the municipalities of the eastern provinces of Van, Siirt and Tunceli on the same day following operations to detain and arrest the mayors for terrorism charges.