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Debt-free municipality in debt after trustee appointment: 19 immovables for sale

Debt-free municipality in debt after trustee appointment: 19 immovables for sale

As the debt of the Siirt Municipality in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority southeast has topped 115 million lira, the state-appointed trustee, also the governor, has put 19 immovables up for sale for an estimated price of 20 million 862 thousand lira.

13 December 2021

Trustee asks deceased municipal council member for written-off water debt interest

Trustee asks deceased municipal council member for written-off water debt interest

Launching a similar campaign itself, Siirt Municipality has requested damages from dismissed co-mayors Işık and Turhan and 23 municipal council members who were investigated for "writing off the default interest of outstanding water bills."

6 December 2021 Hikmet Adal

Court Relieves Kurdish Mayor of His Duties

Court Relieves Kurdish Mayor of His Duties

The Council of State ruled to dismiss Mayor Selim Sadak of the southeastern province of Siirt from his post following an appeal by the Ministry of Interior in relation to a 10 month long prison sentence he received on terrorism related charges.