Gültan Kışanak

A Turkish court on Feb.1 sentenced opposition Democratic Regions Party (DBP) co-chair Sebahat Tuncel and ousted Diyarbakir Mayor Gültan Kışanak to more than 14 years in prison apiece on terrorism charges, according to judicial sources.

The Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has demanded 230 years in prison for ousted Diyarbakır Co-Mayor Gültan Kışanak on claims of "being the founder and executive of an armed terrorist group" and "making propaganda for a terrorist organization," Doğan News agency reported on Nov. 29. 

Turkish police detained one of the co-mayors of the eastern province of Siirt, as well as the co-mayors of Tunceli province early on Nov. 16 as part of a terrorism-linked probe. 

The slowdown in internet connection experienced throughout Turkey is part of "security measures" taken by the government, Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said on Nov. 4, as the access of millions of people to major social media sites was stalled from the early hours of morning.

A trustee was appointed to Diyarbakır Municipality on Nov. 1 after the arrests of the city's mayors, Gültan Kışanak and Fırat Anlı, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

Cumali Atilla, who was working as a district governor of the Etimesgut district in Ankara, was appointed as the trustee.

A court in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır arrested Gültan Kışanak and Fırat Anlı, the co-mayors of the province, late on Oct. 30 following their detention last week in the latest blow to opposition movements in Turkey.

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) deputy Sezgin Tanrıkulu has slammed the internet outages in Turkey's east and southeast, which started after the detention of the co-mayors of the southeastern province of Diyarbakır. 

The co-mayors of the southeastern province of Diyarbakır were detained late on Oct. 25 on "terrorism" charges.

The co-mayors of the southeastern province of Diyarbakır were detained late Oct. 25 on charges of terrorism links.