On his election, Fatih Macoglu’s first move as mayor of his Turkish city was to knock down the walls around his office as a symbol of his transparency. He refuses to use his official car and has posted his administration’s finances on a banner on the front of his office building to show people how […]
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Pro-Kurdish party slams Turkey ban on elected candidates taking office
Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish party on Thursday hit out at electoral authorities for blocking some of its successful candidates from taking office after a March 31 local vote. The Supreme Electoral Council (YSK) on Wednesday ordered that individuals sacked by an emergency decree during purges after a 2016 failed coup could not take up their posts […]