Bağlar, Diyarbakır

Bağlar is one of Diyarbakır's central district in Turkey.[1][2] In the local elections of March 2019, Zeyyat Ceylan was elected as a Mayor with 70,34% of the votes.[3] But on the 11 April the Supreme Election Board decided not to deliver him the right to serve as Mayor due to having been dismissed from public office before.[4] The Mayorship was instead delivered to Hüseyin Beyoğlu from the Justice and Development Party (AKP) who polled second with 25,46%.[5][3]

Bağlar
District
CountryTurkey
ProvinceDiyarbakır Province
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

References

  1. "Tens of thousands marching to Sur amid police crackdown". ANF News. Retrieved 2019-05-26.
  2. Merkezi, Arkitera Mimarlık. "Diyarbakır'da Yaşam Alanlarını Yeniden Kurmak Üzerine". Arkitera.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-05-26.
  3. "Diyarbakır Bağlar Seçim Sonuçları - 31 Mart 2019 Yerel Seçimleri". www.sabah.com.tr. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
  4. "YSK bars dismissed public servants from serving as mayors - Turkey News". Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
  5. Mortimer, Jasper (2019-04-15). "Turkish election board disqualifies pro-Kurdish mayors in southeast". Al-Monitor. Retrieved 2019-11-10.

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