Pro-Kurdish lawmakers stage protest in Turkey’s parliament to denounce the ouster of a new mayor
ANKARA, Turkey — More than a dozen legislators from Turkey’s pro-Kurdish party staged a demonstration in parliament on Tuesday to denounce the arrest and expulsion from office of a newly elected mayor, Turkish media reported. On Monday, authorities detained Mehmet Siddik Akis, mayor of Hakkari province, over alleged links to Kurdish militants and replaced him … Read more