CoE rapporteurs voice concern over Turkey’s local democracy after Kurdish mayor’s removal - Stockholm Center for Freedom

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CoE rapporteurs voice concern over Turkey’s local democracy after Kurdish mayor’s removal - Stockholm Center for Freedom

David Eray and Bryony Rudkin, co-rapporteurs of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe (CoE), have expressed concern over the state of local democracy in Turkey following the removal of a Kurdish mayor from office in the eastern province of Van, Turkish Minute reported on Tuesday. Turkey’s Interior Ministry removed Van Municipality mayor Abdullah Zeydan from office on February 15, appointing a trustee in his plac…