The Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chairman Özgür Özel made a statement on his X account after Hakkari Co-Mayor Mehmet Sıddık Akış was dismissed and replaced by a trustee this morning.

“We reject the fact that an operation was carried out against Hakkari Municipality in the morning hours, the mayor was detained and a trustee was appointed on the grounds of a lawsuit that had been launched 10 years ago and is still ongoing,” the CHP leader said.

Özel defined the appointment of a trustee in the place of the democratically elected co-mayor as “ignoration of the will of the people of Hakkari, which was manifested only 2 months ago”.

“The appointment of a trustee must be withdrawn. We are on the side of democracy and the will of the people and against the trustee mentality.”