Turkey: 4 mayors dismissed over alleged terror links

Mayors dismissed from Peoples' Democratic Party, accused by government of having links to terror group YPG/PKK

By Halil Ibrahim Sincar and Yasin Dikme

MARDIN / SANLIURFA, Turkey (AA) - Four mayors in eastern Turkey on Saturday were dismissed for allegedly supporting terrorism.

The mayors of Suruc in Sanliurfa as well as the Mazidagi, Savur, and Derik districts of Mardin -- Hatice Cevik, Nalan Ozaydin, Gulistan Oncu and Mulkiye Esmez, respectively -- have been suspended, the provinces' governorships said in official announcements.

Turkey's government accuses of the HDP having links to the terrorist group YPG/PKK.

In its more than 30-year terror campaign against Turkey, the PKK -- listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S., and the European Union -- has been responsible for the deaths of 40,000 people, including women, children and infants. The YPG is the PKK's Syrian offshoot.

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