The mayor of Tunceli was remanded in custody on Thursday, a local official said, as the crackdown on elected figures in eastern and southeastern Turkey gathered pace.
Mehmet Ali Bul had been arrested Wednesday as part of an anti-terror investigation. He was among a number of figures from the Democratic Regions Party (DBP) seized in raids in recent weeks. The party is the sister organization of the national opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP).
Those arrested have all been accused of links to the PKK terrorist organization.
Bul was arrested on a warrant issued by the Tunceli Public Prosecutor's Office as part of an ongoing investigation into the PKK, the official said on condition of anonymity due to restrictions on talking to media.
Police also searched his home and his municipality office. He was among 14 people arrested on the orders of the Tunceli prosecutor. All but one have been remanded pending trial.
In Van, the DBP mayor of the city, Bekir Kaya, and four other municipal officials were arrested early Thursday.