Upon a midnight order from Turkish Ministry of Interior, the metropolitan municipalities of Amed, Van and Mardin, run by the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), were seized by the AKP regime with the replacement of the elected mayors with governors of the mentioned cities.

Following the suspension of the mayors, police forces laid a siege on the three municipalities and launched a crackdown against HDP members and people who took to the streets in protest at the unlawful seizure of their municipalities.

As the deputies and people of Amed continue resisting the violent police aggression, people of Mardin, including MPs, have also taken to the streets to reclaim their municipalities.

Police attacked the HDP politicians and people with water cannon and tear gas as they wanted to march to the municipality building.

Resisting the attack, the HDP group and people closed the Mardin-Kızıltepe road to traffic, upon which the crackdown got even more violent.

One person was injured during the attack.