List of arrested mayors in Turkey

The following is an incomplete list of arrested mayors in Turkey.

Arrested Mayors
Mayor District Arrested Released Status Party Source
Mehdi Zana Diyarbakır March 1980 1992 released Independent [1]
1999–2004
Feridun Çelik Diyarbakır Feb. 2000 28 Feb. 2000 released HADEP [2][3]
Selim Özalp Siirt Feb. 2000 Feb. 2000 released HADEP [2][4]
Feyzullah Karaaslan Bingöl Feb. 2000 Feb. 2000 released HADEP [2][4]
2009–2014
Ferit Çelik Karliova 5 April 2012 sentenced to 8 years BDP [5][6]
Abdullah Demirbaş Sur Dec. 2009 May 2010 released on medical grounds BDP [7][8]
Aydin Budak Cizre 23-24 Dec. 2009 sentenced to 7 years and 6 months BDP [9][10]
Zülküf Karatekin Kayapınar 23-24 Dec. 2009 sentenced to 9 years BDP [11][10]
Nejdet Atalay Batman 23-24 Dec. 2009 sentenced to 1 year and 10 months BDP [12][10]
Etem Şahin Suruç 23-24 Dec. 2009 sentenced to 1 year and 9 months BDP [10][13]
Leyla Güven Viranşehir 29 Dec. 2009 Sep. 2014 more than 4 years in prison BDP [14][15]
2014–2019
Sevil Rojbin Çetin Edremit 14 Aug. 2015 sentenced to 10 years DBP [16][17]
Dilek Hatipoğlu Hakkari 23 Aug. 2015 sentenced to 15 years DBP [17][18]
Diba Keskin Erçis 15 Oct. 2015 sentenced to13 years, 9 months DBP [19][20]
Leyla Îmret Cizre 22 Jan. 2016 prosecuted, in exile DBP [21][22]
Zeynep Sipçik Dargeçit March 2016 sentenced to 13 years DBP [23]
Hazal Aras Diyadin 3 March 2016 June 2017 prosecuted DBP [24][25]
Mehmet Muhdi Aslan İdil 25 Sept. 2016 DBP [20]
Abdurrahman Zorlu Hani 1 Oct. 2016 DBP [20]
Gültan Kişanak Diyarbakır 30 Oct. 2016 prosecuted DBP [26][27]
Sabite Ekinci Varto 10 Nov. 2016 DBP [28]
Ahmet Türk Mardin Nov. 2016 Feb 2017 prosecuted DBP [29][30]
Hüseyin Olan Bitlis 25 Nov. 2016 7 years, 6 months DBP [20][31]
Halis Çoskun Malazgirt 29 Nov. 2016 sentenced to 12 years DBP [32][33]
Seferi Yılmaz Semdinli 6 Dec. 2016 DBP [34]
Mehmet Ali Aydin Kayapinar 8 Dec. 2016 DBP [35]
Selim Kurbanoğlu Yenişehir 8 Dec. 2016 DBP [35]
Servet Tunc Çukurka 8 Dec. 2016 DBP [35]
Mehmet Ali Aydın Kayapınar 8 Dec. 2016 DBP [36]
Sara Kaya Nusaybin Jan. 2017 sentenced to 1 year, prosecuted DBP [37]
Süleyman Tekin Ömerli 5 Jan. 2017 prosecuted DBP [38]
Zeynel Taş Bozova 6 Jan. 2017 sentenced to 11 years and 10 months[39] DBP [40]
Sadiye Süer Baran Kulp 6 Jan. 2017 DBP [41]
Emrullah Cin Viranşehir 6 Jan. 2017 sentenced to 6 years and 3 months DBP [40][42]
Bekir Kaya Van 11 June 2017 sentenced to 8 years, 3 Months

and another 15 Years

DBP [43][44][45]
Rezan Zuĝurlu Lice 17 Nov. 2017 sentenced to 4 years, 2 Months DBP [46]
Şerafettin Özalp Özalp 7 May 2018 27 May 2018 prosecuted DBP [47][48]
2019 -
Mehmet Fatih Taş Kulp Sep. 2019 prosecuted HDP [49]
Melike Göksu Karayazı Sep. 2019 prosecuted HDP [50]
İrfan Sarı Yüksekova 15 Oct. 2019 prosecuted HDP [51]
Adnan Selçuk Mızraklı Diyarbakır 21 Oct. 2019 sentenced to 9 years, 4 months HDP [52][53]
Rojda Nazlıer Kocaköy 22 Oct. 2019 prosecuted HDP [54]
Keziban Yılmaz Kayapınar 22 Oct. 2019 prosecuted HDP [54]
Azim Yacan Ipekyolu Nov. 2019 prosecuted HDP [55]
Nilüfer Elik Yılmaz Kiziltepe 4 Nov. 2019 prosecuted HDP [56]
Hatice Çevik Suruç 20 Nov. 2019 prosecuted HDP [57]
Gülistan Öncü Savur 26 Nov. 2019 prosecuted HDP [58]
Nalan Özaydın Mazıdağı 26 Nov. 2019 prosecuted HDP [58]
Mülkiye Esmez Derik 26 Nov. 2019 prosecuted HDP [58]
Yılmaz Şalan Muradiye 10 Dec. 2019 prosecuted HDP [59]
Dilan Örenci Özalp 10 Dec. 2019 prosecuted HDP [59]
Mustafa Akkul Eğil 25 March 2020 prosecuted HDP [60]
Casim Budak Alınova 16 May 2020 prosecuted HDP [61]
Yaşar Akkuş Iğdır 19 May 2020 prosecuted HDP [62]

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