Following the appointment of a trustee to Esenyurt Municipality, trustees were also appointed to the Mardin, Batman, and Halfeti Municipalities. These trustee appointments were met with serious backlash.
DEM Party Co-Chair Tülay Hatimoğulları Oruç made statements in front of the Halfeti Municipality.
Highlights from Tülay Hatimoğulları's statements are as follows:
The government extended one hand saying let's solve the Kurdish issue, but with the other hand, it is bringing a stick down on the heads of the people, primarily the Kurdish people. It is not just DEM; all municipalities in the opposition are under the threat of trustees.
Touching upon Bahçeli's call regarding Öcalan, Hatimoğulları made a call for the "isolation" of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan to be lifted.
Hatimoğulları stated, "To those who speak of internal peace and say the isolation should be lifted, we say: the judiciary is in your hands, you are the ones who will lift the isolation. We renew our call: lift the isolation immediately."
News Source: 12punto