A vigil was launched in front of municipalities in Kurdistan against the arrest of People's Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) Hakkari (Colemêrg) Municipality co-mayor Mehmet Sıddık Akış after he was taken into custody and the appointment of a trustee in his place. The action started on Tuesday.

AMED

Vigils were organised in front of Amed Metropolitan Municipality and 13 district municipalities are on their third day. Municipal co-mayors, council members and many representatives of civil society organizations also participated in the protests. Banners in Kurdish and Turkish "Municipalities are ours, we will not allow usurpation" were hung on the buildings of all municipalities.

Dengbêjs also participated in the vigil held in Sûr district. The crowd chanting the slogan "Colemêrg ya me ye" continued the vigil with the kilams sung by dengbêjs.

SIIRT

In the area where a vigil has been held in front of Siirt (Sêrt) municipality for two days, the slogan "Municipalities are ours. We will not allow usurpation”, “The will of the people cannot be usurped. No to trustees" were unfurled. Many people protested the trustee's decision with applause, chants and slogans. A vigil was also launched in the Taraf Municipality of Misirc (Kurtalan) and Hawêl (Baykan).

BATMAN

Slogans such as "Pressures cannot intimidate us" were shouted at the vigil organized in front of Batman (Êlih) municipality, and attended by representatives of political parties and civil society organizations. Turkish police blockaded the crowd sitting in front of the municipality gate, and

prevented the journalists from taking pictures. Police intervention against journalists was also protested with slogans such as "Free media cannot be silenced".