Ousted HDP co-mayors in Batman remanded in custody

Hatice Taş (Photo: MA)

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Hatice Taş and Osman Karabulut, the dismissed co-mayors of İkiköprü town in the mostly Kurdish-populated southeastern province of Batman, have been remanded in custody.

Twenty-four people, including the co-mayors, were detained during house raids on Monday (June 22) by the gendarmerie. Fourteen of them were released on Wednesday and 10 appeared before a court yesterday (June 25).

Among those seven were released on the condition of judicial control, and three people, the co mayors and Bayram Özalp, a municipal worker, were remanded in custody.

Batman Governor's Office announced on December 7 that the co-mayors were replaced with a trustee appointed by the Ministry of Interior. (TP/VK)