Hundreds gathered Thursday in Istanbul to protest against the arrest and removal from office of a mayor from Turkey's main opposition party for his alleged links to a banned Kurdish militant group.

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Hundreds in Turkey protest arrest, ouster of opposition mayor

Hundreds of people have gathered in Istanbul to protest against the arrest and removal from office of a mayor from Turkey’s main opposition party for alleged links to a banned Kurdish militant group.

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Hundreds in Turkey protest the arrest and ouster of opposition mayor

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ISTANBUL - A mayor from Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) was arrested late on Wednesday after prosecutors accused him of belonging to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), banned as a terrorist group in Turkey. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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Hundreds gathered Thursday in Istanbul to protest the arrest and removal from office of a mayor from Turkey's main opposition party for his alleged links to a banned Kurdish militant group.

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ISTANBUL (AP) — Hundreds gathered Thursday in Istanbul to protest against the arrest and removal from office of a mayor from Turkey’s main opposition party for his alleged links to a banned Kurdish militant group. Ahmet Ozer, mayor of Istanbul’s Esenyurt district and a member of the Republican People’s Party, or CHP, was detained on Wednesday by anti-terrorist police over his alleged connection to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK. Turkey’s g…

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Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç targeted Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor Akın Gürlek regarding the investigation of Esenyurt Mayor Ahmet Özer, who was arrested, by CHP Chairman Özgür Özel, saying, "He is not a lawyer....Click for more

Adalet Bakanı Yılmaz Tunç tutuklanan Esenyurt Belediye Başkanı Ahmet Özer'in soruşturmasına ilişkin CHP Genel Başkanı Özgür Özel'in İstanbul Cumhuriyet Başsavcısı Akın Gürlek'i hedef alarak "Hukukçu değildir....Devamı için tıklayınız

Bakan Tunç’tan savcıyı tehdit eden Özgür Özel’e tepki!

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Hundreds of people have gathered in Istanbul to protest against the arrest and removal...

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The Turkish authorities arrested on Wednesday (10/30) Ahmet Ozer, mayor of Esenyurt, the largest municipality in the metropolitan region of Istanbul, on the charge that there are "strong suspicions" against him...More...

Οι τουρκικές Aρχές συνέλαβαν την Τετάρτη (30/10) τον Αχμέτ Οζέρ, δήμαρχο Εσένγιουρτ, του μεγαλύτερου δήμου της μητροπολιτικής περιφέρειας της Κωνσταντινούπολης, με την κατηγορία ότι υπάρχουν εις βάρος του «ισχυρές υποψίες…Περισσότερα...

Συνελήφθη ο δήμαρχος του μεγαλύτερου δήμου της περιφέρειας Κωνσταντινούπολης ως μέλος του PKK

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The mayor of the largest municipality in the Istanbul region was arrested as a member of the PKK

Istanbul district mayor and ethnic Kurd Ahmet Özer was arrested. He is accused of being a member of the banned PKK. more...

Der Istanbuler Bezirksbürgermeister und ethnischer Kurde Ahmet Özer wurde verhaftet. Ihm wird vorgeworfen, Mitglied der verbotenen PKK zu sein. mehr...

Hundreds in Turkey protest arrest, ouster of opposition mayor

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