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Statement by the President of the Congress on the recent suspension of mayors in Turkey

Congress 20 August 2019 Strasbourg

Anders KNAPE, President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, made the following statement: "I express my grave concern about the decision of the Turkish authorities to suspend the elected mayors of three metropolitan cities in the south-east of the country,...

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