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15 November 2019: Lastly, on November 13, trustees were appointed to the District Municipalities of Yenişehir and Hazro in Turkey's southeastern province of Diyarbakır and the Municipality of Akpazar town in Mazgirt, Dersim. CLICK - Four HDP Mayors Replaced with Trustees CLICK - Trustees Appointed to 15 HDP Municipalities Since Local Elections on March 31 While mayors have been removed from office, district governors or governors have been appointed as acting mayors in their place. In dismissing Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) mayors, the Ministry of Interior or governorships have been referring to "the ongoing investigations against them on terror-related charges." Trustees have been appointed to the following municipalities so far:
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Since the Metropolitan Mayors of Van, Diyarbakır and Mardin were removed from office on August 19, 2019 on the ground that there were ongoing investigations against them, trustees have been appointed to 20 metropolitan, provincial and district municipalities in eastern Turkey.
