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Erdogan's mayor purge leaves almost half of Turkey without elected officials

Following a series of expulsions and forced resignations by the Turkish government, tens of millions of Turkish citizens have seen their elected mayors removed from power only to be replaced with government-selected "custodians."

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Pro-Kurdish opposition Peoples' Democratic Party lawmakers hold placards in Kurdish and Turkish during a protest against a state crackdown that has seen dozens of mayors and lawmakers jailed over suspected links to militant separatists, Diyarbakir, Turkey, July 26, 2017. — REUTERS/Sertac Kayar

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