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How many mayors does the pro-Kurdish HDP have left?

It has taken barely 15 months for Turkey’s pro-Kurdish party to be stripped of most of its mayors elected in March 2019
byJamesInTurkey.com
Friday 2 October 2020
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Appointing kayyum is akin to a coup, the HDP says
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53
mayoralties won by the HDP on 31 March 2019*
47
annulled or seized by government decree
3
still controlled by the HDP today

  • 2 HDP-elected mayors — in Kozluk (Batman) and in Dicle (Diyarbakır) — resigned from the HDP since their election
  • 1 HDP-elected mayor — in Doğubayazıt (Ağrı) — remains in post but is facing expulsion over allegations of misconduct
  • *12 village (belde) councils were also won by the HDP in March 2019. Two of these remain in the party’s hands
  • Councilswon in 2019held in 2020
  • Diyarbakır151
  • Erzurum20
  • Mardin60
  • Şanlıurfa20
  • Van100
  • Ağrı31
  • Batman20
  • Bitlis10
  • Hakkari20
  • Iğdır10
  • Kars10
  • Muş20
  • Siirt30
  • Şırnak31

Key:  Province with a HDP mayor still in post   Province with no HDP mayors left 

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Diyarbakır

Key to winning mayors AKP HDP (in post) HDP (removed) Saadet

17
district (ilçe) mayors in this province
14
districts won by HDP mayors in 2019
1
HDP district mayors still in post in 2020

Toggle: HDP in post | HDP removed | AK Party
  • Districts2019 victor2020 status
  • ÇınarHDPMayor in post

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Erzurum

Key to winning mayors AKP HDP (in post) HDP (removed) MHP BBP

20
district (ilçe) mayors in this province
3
districts won by HDP mayors in 2019
0
HDP district mayors still in post in 2020

Click to toggle: HDP mayors | Other parties
  • Districts2019 victor2020 status
  • KarayazıHDPMayor removed
    18 Sep 19
  • TekmanHDPElection annulled
    31 Mar 19
  • KaraçobanHDPMayor removed
    27 Dec 19

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Mardin

Key to winning mayors AKP HDP (removed)

10
district (ilçe) mayors in this province
5
districts won by HDP mayors in 2019
0
HDP district mayors still in post in 2020

  • Districts2019 victor2020 status
  • DerikHDPMayor removed
    16 Nov 19
  • KızıltepeHDPMayor removed
    03 Nov 19
  • MazıdağıHDPMayor removed
    16 Nov 19
  • NusaybinHDPMayor removed
    18 Oct 19
  • SavurHDPMayor removed
    16 Nov 19
  • ArtukluAKPMayor in post
  • DargeçitAKPMayor in post
  • MidyatAKPMayor in post
  • ÖmerliAKPMayor in post
  • YeşilliAKPMayor in post

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Şanlıurfa

Key to winning mayors AKP HDP (removed) MHP

13
district (ilçe) mayors in this province
1
districts won by HDP mayors in 2019
0
HDP district mayors still in post in 2020

  • Districts2019 victor2020 status
  • SuruçHDPMayor removed
    16 Nov 19
  • AkçakaleAKPMayor in post
  • BirecikAKPMayor in post
  • BozovaAKPMayor in post
  • CeylanpınarAKPMayor in post
  • EyyübiyeAKPMayor in post
  • HalfetiAKPMayor in post
  • HaliliyeAKPMayor in post
  • HarranMHPMayor in post
  • HilvanAKPMayor in post
  • KaraköprüAKPMayor in post
  • SiverekAKPMayor in post
  • ViranşehirAKPMayor in post

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Van

Key to winning mayors AKP HDP (removed)

13
district (ilçe) mayors in this province
9
districts won by HDP mayors in 2019
0
HDP district mayors still in post in 2020

  • Districts2019 victor2020 status
  • BahçesarayAKPMayor in post
  • BaşkaleHDPMayor removed
    07 Dec 19
  • ÇaldıranHDPElection annulled
    31 Mar 19
  • ÇatakAKPMayor in post
  • EdremitHDPElection annulled
    31 Mar 19
  • ErcişHDPMayor removed
    22 Oct 19
  • GevaşAKPMayor in post
  • GürpınarAKPMayor in post
  • İpekyoluHDPMayor removed
    07 Nov 19
  • MuradiyeHDPMayor removed
    07 Dec 19
  • ÖzalpHDPMayor removed
    07 Dec 19
  • SarayHDPMayor removed
    02 Nov 19
  • TuşbaHDPElection annulled
    31 Mar 19

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Ağrı

Key to winning mayors AKP HDP (in post) BBP Saadet

8
district (ilçe) mayors in this province
3
districts won by HDP mayors in 2019
1
HDP district mayors still in post in 2020

  • Districts2019 victor2020 status
  • Ağrı town centreAKPMayor in post
  • DiyadinHDPMayor removed
    14 July 20
  • DoğubeyazıtHDPMayor expelled
  • PatnosHDPMayor in post
  • HamurAKPMayor in post
  • HasankeyfAKPMayor in post
  • EleşkirtSPMayor in post
  • TaşlıçayAKPMayor in post
  • TutakBBPMayor in post

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Batman

Key to winning mayors AKP HDP (in post) BBP Saadet

6
district (ilçe) mayors in this province
2
districts won by HDP mayors in 2019
0
HDP district mayors still in post in 2020

  • Districts2019 victor2020 status
  • Batman town centreHDPMayor removed
    23 May 20
  • KozlukHDPMayor left HDP
  • GercüşAKPMayor in post
  • HasankeyfAKPMayor in post
  • BeşiriSPMayor in post
  • SasonAKPMayor in post

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Bitlis

Key to winning mayors AKP HDP (in post) HDP (removed) Saadet

7
district (ilçe) mayors in this province
1
districts won by HDP mayors in 2019
0
HDP district mayors still in post in 2020

  • Districts2019 victor2020 status
  • GüroymakHDPMayor removed
    23 Mar 20
  • BitlisAKPMayor in post
  • HizanSPMayor in post
  • AdilcevazAKPMayor in post
  • AhlatAKPMayor in post
  • MutkiAKPMayor in post
  • TatvanAKPMayor in post

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Hakkari

Key to winning mayors AKP HDP (removed)

5
district (ilçe) mayors in this province
2
districts won by HDP mayors in 2019
0
HDP district mayors still in post in 2020

  • Districts2019 victor2020 status
  • Hakkari city centreHDPMayor removed
    18 Oct 19
  • YüksekovaHDPMayor removed
    18 Oct 19
  • ÇukurcaAKPMayor in post
  • DerecikAKPMayor in post
  • ŞemdinliAKPMayor in post

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Iğdır

Key to winning mayors AKP HDP (removed) MHP Saadet

4
district (ilçe) mayors in this province
1
districts won by HDP mayors in 2019
0
HDP district mayors still in post in 2020

  • Districts2019 victor2020 status
  • Iğdır town centreHDPMayor removed
    15 May 20
  • AralıkAKPMayor in post
  • KarakoyunluSPMayor in post
  • TuzlucaMHPMayor in post

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Kars

Key to winning mayors AKP HDP (in post) HDP (removed) MHP CHP

8
district (ilçe) mayors in this province
1
districts won by HDP mayors in 2019
0
HDP district mayors still in post in 2020

  • Districts2019 victor2020 status
  • Kars town centreHDPMayor removed
    2 Oct 20
  • AkyakaSPMayor in post
  • ArpaçayMHPMayor in post
  • DigorAKPMayor in post
  • KağızmanMHPMayor in post
  • SarıkamışMHPMayor in post
  • SelimAKPMayor in post
  • SusuzCHPMayor in post

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Muş

Key to winning mayors AKP HDP (removed)

6
district (ilçe) mayors in this province
2
districts won by HDP mayors in 2019
0
HDP district mayors still in post in 2020

  • Districts2019 victor2020 status
  • BulanıkHDPMayor removed
    18 Dec 19
  • VartoHDPMayor removed
    18 Dec 19
  • Muş town centreAKPMayor in post
  • HasköyAKPMayor in post
  • KorkutAKPMayor in post
  • MalazgirtAKPMayor in post

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Siirt

Key to winning mayors AKP HDP (in post) HDP (removed) MHP BBP Saadet

7
district (ilçe) mayors in this province
3
districts won by HDP mayors in 2019
0
HDP district mayors still in post in 2020

  • Districts2019 victor2020 status
  • Siirt town centreHDPMayor removed
    15 May 20
  • BaykanHDPMayor removed
    15 May 20
  • EruhAKPMayor in post
  • KurtalanHDPMayor removed
    15 May 20
  • PervariAKPMayor in post
  • ŞirvanAKPMayor in post
  • TilloAKPMayor in post

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Şırnak

Key to winning mayors AKP HDP (in post) HDP (removed) MHP BBP Saadet

7
district (ilçe) mayors in this province
3
districts won by HDP mayors in 2019
1
HDP district mayors still in post in 2020

  • Districts2019 victor2020 status
  • CizreHDPMayor removed
    29 Oct 19
  • İdilHDPMayor removed
    13 Nov 19
  • SilopiHDPMayor in post
  • BeytüşşebapAKPMayor in post
  • GüçlükonakAKPMayor in post
  • Şırnak town centreAKPMayor in post
  • UludereAKPMayor in post

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