Some 40 million Turks ruled by appointed, not elected, mayors - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Fehim Tastekin

Fehim Tastekin

Mar 12, 2018

Supporters of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party gather to protest against the removal of Besiktas municipality Mayor Murat Hazinedar from office by the Interior Ministry, Istanbul, Jan. 5, 2018. — REUTERS/Murad Sezer

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Turkish Treasury and Finance Minister Berat Albayrak throw gifts during a rally for the upcoming local elections in Istanbul, Turkey, February 16, 2019. REUTERS/Umit Bektas - RC1AC12E5450

Erdogan’s threats to replace elected mayors could backfire

Mahmut Bozarslan

Mahmut Bozarslan

Veteran Kurdish politician Ahmet Turk addresses "Hayir" ("No") supporters during a rally for the upcoming referendum in Istanbul, Turkey, April 8, 2017. REUTERS/Huseyin Aldemir - RC13FE1C8A10

Turkey ousts three more pro-Kurdish mayors

Diego Cupolo

Pervin Buldan, co-leader of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), speaks before starting a two-day hunger strike in support of jailed Kurdish lawmaker Leyla Guven's own hunger strike against the isolation of Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan in prison, at the Turkish Parliament in Ankara, Turkey December 4, 2018. REUTERS/Umit Bektas - RC17525CE770

Amid growing crackdown, pro-Kurdish party calls for new elections in Turkey

Diego Cupolo

Mourners attend the funeral of Armenian Patriarch Mesrob II Mutafyan at Surp Asdvadzadzin Patriarchal Church in Istanbul, Turkey, March 17, 2019. REUTERS/Umit Bektas TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC16121CA2E0

Who will decide new spiritual leader of Turkey's Armenians?

Fehim Tastekin

In Paris, reporting on Turkish politics