Turkey: Mayor nabbed for alleged ties to terrorist PKK

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey

A local mayor in southeastern Turkey from an opposition party accused of terrorist ties was arrested over alleged links to an armed terror group, security sources said on Monday.

On Dec. 20, Feyme Filiz Buluttekin, the mayor of Diyarbakir’s Sur district, was temporarily suspended from her post as part of an anti-terror investigation, and was arrested for allegedly being a member of the terrorist YPG/PKK on Monday.

Buluttekin, a member of the opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), is also accused of spreading terrorist propaganda and insulting the Turkish state and nation.

Buluttekin attended the funeral of senior YPG/PKK