October 28, 2015•Update: October 28, 2015
VAN, Turkey
Turkish Interior Ministry removed a female district mayor from her post in eastern Van province Wednesday on charges of declaring self-governance.
Diba Keskin, member of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and co-mayor in Van’s Ercis district, was arrested after she allegedly made a call for self-governance in the district through a press statement on Oct. 14.
