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In Continuing Purge, Turkey Removes Only Assyrian Mayor
« on: November 18, 2016, 04:22:54 am »
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AINA News
In Continuing Purge, Turkey Removes Only Assyrian Mayor
Posted 2016-11-17 17:32 GMT

Februniye Akyol, the first Assyrian mayor in Turkey, was removed today by Turkish authorities.
Mardin, Turkey (AINA) -- Turkey removed the two co-mayors of Mardin today and replaced them with a so-called qayyum (guardian). The co-mayors, Februniye Akyol and Ahmet Turk, were elected co-mayors of Mardin on March 30, 2014. Februniye Akyol was the first Assyrian female mayor in Turkey and ran as a member of a Kurdish political party.



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