A trustee was appointed once more to the Hakkari Municipality, located in the easternmost part of Turkey where Kurds predominantly live. Hakkari Co-Mayor Mehmet Sıddık Akış was detained in Van in the morning hours. While the police raided the municipality, the Ministry of Interior announced that a trustee had been appointed in place of Akış. The decision to appoint a trustee has drawn criticism.
The Kurdish people, who have been voting for the DEM Party for years, voted for it once again on March 31, electing it to manage the municipality. As in previous elections, Erdoğan, who lost this election as well, once again did not recognize the will of the Kurdish people. There have been reactions to this trustee practice in many parts of the country.
