List of arrested mayors in Turkey

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The following is an incomplete list of arrested mayors in Turkey.

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Arrested Mayors
MayorDistrictArrestedReleasedStatusChargePartySource
Mehdi Zana Diyarbakır March 19801992releasedIndependent [1]

1999–2009

Recep Tayyip Erdogan Istanbul 27 March 1999July 1999released after four monthssentenced to 10 months imprisonment for citing a poem Welfare Party [2]
Feridun Çelik Diyarbakır Feb. 200028 Feb. 2000releasedFor allegedly supporting the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). HADEP [3] [4]
Selim Özalp Siirt Feb. 2000Feb. 2000releasedFor allegedly supporting the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). HADEP [3] [5]
Feyzullah Karaaslan Bingöl Feb. 2000Feb. 2000releasedFor allegedly supporting the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). HADEP [3] [5]
2009–2014
Ferit Çelik Karliova 5 April 2012sentenced to 8 yearsSentenced for aiding and abetting the PKK [6] BDP [7] [6]
Abdullah Akengin Dicle Dec. 2009February 2013 [8] imprisoned for over 3 yearsIn relation with the KCK trial BDP [9]
Abdullah Demirbaş Sur Dec. 2009May 2010released on medical groundsAmong other charges were "using the Kurdish language in his official capacity" [10] BDP [11] [10]
Aydin Budak Cizre 23-24 Dec. 2009sentenced to 7 years and 6 months BDP [12] [13]
Zülküf Karatekin Kayapınar 23-24 Dec. 2009sentenced to 9 yearsfor being “member of an organization“ [14] during a trial of members of the Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) BDP [13]
Nejdet Atalay Batman 23-24 Dec. 2009sentenced to 1 year and 8 monthsSentenced for calling Members of the PKK "warriors of the Kurdish people in mountains" [15] BDP [13]
Etem Şahin Suruç 23-24 Dec. 2009sentenced to 1 year and 9 monthsFor speaking Kurdish during his election campaign and violated the law concerning marches and manifestations. [16] BDP [13]
Leyla Güven Viranşehir 29 Dec. 2009Sep. 2014more than 4 years in prison BDP [17] [18]
Ferhat Türk Kiziltepe 28 De. 2009Feb. 2013imprisoned for over 3 yearsIn relation with the KCK trial BDP [19] [8]
Yusuf Yilmaz Patnos 13 Feb. 2010sentenced to 7 years 6 monthsFor membership in an illegal organization in the KCK-trial [20] BDP

2014–2019

Sevil Rojbin Çetin Edremit 14 Aug. 2015sentenced to 10 yearsFor membership in a terror organization [21] DBP [21] [22]
Dilek Hatipoğlu Hakkari 23 Aug. 2015sentenced to 15 years. [23] In Sincan prison [24] After having made declarations of self-rule in August 2015, she was sentenced for disrupting the "unity and integrity of the state" [25] DBP [26]
Seyit Narin Sur 24 Aug. 2015 [27] sentenced to 11 years and 3 months, [28] arrested in Rize [29] prosecuted for terror related charges DBP [28]
Diba Keskin Erçis 15 Oct. 2015sentenced to 13 years, 9 months DBP [30] [31]
Leyla Îmret Cizre 22 Jan. 2016prosecuted, in exile DBP [32] [33]
Zeynep Sipçik Dargeçit March 2016sentenced to 13.5 years. [34] In Sincan prison [22] Convicted of membership in a terrorist organization [34] DBP
Hazal Aras Diyadin 3 March 2016June 2017prosecuted DBP [35] [36]
Abdullah Çalışkan Saray 20 April 2016 [37] sentenced to 7 years, 6 monthsfor membership in a terror organization DBP [38]
Mehmet Muhdi Aslan İdil 25 Sept. 2016 DBP [31]
Abdurrahman Zorlu Hani 1 Oct. 2016 DBP [31]
Gültan Kişanak Diyarbakır 30 Oct. 2016prosecuted DBP [39] [40]
Sabite Ekinci Varto 10 Nov. 2016 [41] Imprisoned in Sincan prison. [24] For membership in a terrorist organization. [42] DBP
Ahmet Türk Mardin Nov. 2016Feb 2017prosecuted DBP [43] [44]
Mehmet Ali Bul Tunceli Nov. 2016sentenced to 8 years and 9 months DBP [28]
Hüseyin Olan Bitlis 25 Nov. 2016Imprisoned between 2014 and 2022 [45] DBP [31] [46]
Halis Çoskun Malazgirt 29 Nov. 2016sentenced to 12 years imprisonment DBP [47] [48]
Ismail Asi Kiziltepe 2 Dec. 2016prosecuted, arrested in Sakran prison in Izmir DBP [49]
Seferi Yılmaz Semdinli 6 Dec. 2016 DBP [50]
Mehmet Ali Aydin Kayapinar 8 Dec. 2016 DBP [51]
Selim Kurbanoğlu Yenişehir 8 Dec. 2016 DBP [51]
Servet Tunc Çukurka 8 Dec. 2016 DBP [51]
Tuncer Bakırhan Siirt 16 Dec. 2016sentenced to 10 years and 15 days imprisonment DBP [52]
Fırat Öztürk Tutak Jan. 2017prosecuted DBP [53]
Sara Kaya Nusaybin Jan. 2017sentenced to 1 year,

and another 16 years imprisonment

 DBP [54] [55]
Süleyman Tekin Ömerli 5 Jan. 2017 DBP [56]
Celalettin Bartu Çatak 5 Jan. 2017 DBP [28]
Zeynel Taş Bozova 6 Jan. 2017sentenced to 11 years and 10 months imprisonment [57] DBP [58]
Sadiye Süer Baran Kulp 6 Jan. 2017prosecuted DBP [59] [60]
Emrullah Cin Viranşehir 6 Jan. 2017sentenced to 6 years and 3 months imprisonment DBP [58] [61]
Murat Ruhat Özbay Dogubayezit February 2017membership in a terrorist organization DBP [62]
Afüllah KarKoçaköyFebruary 2017membership for a terrorist organization DBP [63]
Bekir Kaya Van 11 June 2017sentenced to 8 years, 3 Months

and another 15 Years imprisonment

DBP [64] [65] [66]
Rezan Zuĝurlu Lice 17 Nov. 2017sentenced to 4 years, 2 Months imprisonment DBP [67]
Şerafettin Özalp Özalp 7 May 201827 May 2018prosecuted DBP [68] [69]
2019 -
Mehmet Fatih Taş Kulp Sep. 2019prosecuted HDP [70]
Melike Göksu Karayazı Sep. 2019prosecuted HDP [71]
İrfan Sarı Yüksekova 15 Oct. 2019prosecuted HDP [72]
Adnan Selçuk Mızraklı Diyarbakır 21 Oct. 2019 [73] sentenced to 9 years, 4 months imprisonment. [74] Having been imprisoned in Diyarbakir and Kayseri he is currently in Edirne [75] Sentenced with being a member of the PKK [74] HDP
Rojda Nazlıer Kocaköy 22 Oct. 2019sentenced to 9 years imprisonmentCharged with being a member of the PKK HDP [76] [77]
Keziban Yılmaz Kayapınar 22 Oct. 2019March 2020 [78] sentenced to 7 years and 6 months but released HDP [76]
Azim Yacan Ipekyolu Nov. 2019prosecuted HDP [79]
Hatice Çevik Suruç 20 Nov. 2019prosecuted HDP [80]
Gülistan Öncü Savur 26 Nov. 2019prosecuted HDP [81]
Nalan Özaydın Mazıdağı 26 Nov. 2019prosecuted HDP [81]
Mülkiye Esmez Derik 26 Nov. 2019prosecuted HDP [81]
Yılmaz Şalan Muradiye 10 Dec. 2019prosecuted HDP [82]
Dilan Örenci Özalp 10 Dec. 2019prosecuted HDP [82]
Nilüfer Elik Yılmaz Kiziltepe 16 Dez. 2019prosecutedArrested in Tarsus HDP [83] [84]
Feyme Filiz Buluttekin Sur 23 Dec. 2019sentenced to 7 years and 6 month imprisonment HDP [85] [86]
Mustafa Akkul Eğil 25 March 2020prosecuted HDP [87]
Casim Budak Alınova 16 May 2020prosecuted HDP [88]
Yaşar Akkuş Iğdır 19 May 2020sentenced to 7 years and 6 month imprisonment HDP [89] [90]
Ayhan Bilgen Kars 2 Oct. 2020released pending trial in June 2021 [91] Charged with organizing the Kobanî protests [92] during the Siege of Kobani by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). HDP [92]

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