The appointed trustees for the municipalities of Tunceli and Ovacık have started their duties.

The appointed trustees for the municipalities of Tunceli and Ovacık have started their duties.

23.11.2024 11:41

In the investigation of the terrorist organization PKK, Tunceli Mayor Cevdet Konak and Ovacık Mayor Mustafa Sarıgül, who received prison sentences, have been suspended from their duties. The appointed replacements have started their positions. The first instructions from the trustees were to hang up pictures of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

The Ministry of Interior announced that Tunceli Mayor Cevdet Konak and Ovacık Mayor Mustafa Sarıgül have been suspended from their duties. Konak and Sarıgül were sentenced to 6 years and 3 months in prison as part of a PKK terrorist organization investigation.

GOVERNOR TEKBIYIKOĞLU HAS STARTED HIS DUTIES

After the suspension of Tunceli Mayor Cevdet Konak, Governor Bülent Tekbıyıkoğlu, who was appointed as "Acting Mayor," went to the municipal building at night in an official vehicle.

The appointed trustees for Tunceli and Ovacık municipalities have started their duties

THEY GAVE THEIR FIRST INSTRUCTION

Tekbıyıkoğlu, who greeted the officials welcoming him at the entrance, then moved to his office. A photo of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was hung in Tekbıyıkoğlu's office, which he has just started working in.

The appointed trustees for Tunceli and Ovacık municipalities have started their duties

OVACIK DISTRICT GOVERNOR HAS ALSO STARTED HIS DUTIES

Hüseyin Şamil Sözen, the Ovacık District Governor appointed as "Acting Mayor" in place of Ovacık Mayor Mustafa Sarıgül, who was sentenced to prison for "being a member of the terrorist organization PKK/KCK" and suspended from his duties, also went to the municipal building to start his duties. A photo of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and President Erdoğan was also hung in Sözen's office.

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