Arrested Van mayor suspended from job

June 18 2012 17:03:15

Arrested Van mayor suspended from job

ISTANBUL

Bekir Kaya. AA Photo

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Van Mayor Bekir Kaya has been suspended from his position by Turkey's Interior Ministry after he was arrested in the ongoing Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) probe on charges of being a member of a terrorist organization, daily Hürriyet reported today.

Kaya was detained during the operations on June 7 and arrested along with the Peace and Democracy Party’s (BDP) Van Provincial Head Cüneyt Caniş and İhsan Güler on June 11.

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