Co-mayor of Şırnak's Cizre district, Leyla İmret, has been removed from her post by the Interior Ministry on alleged grounds of inciting people to armed uprising and terror propaganda.

It has once again been the elected representatives of the Kurdish people that become target by the Turkish state, the terror of which has left some 21 people dead in Şırnak's Cizre district since September 4.

Following recent arrests of mayors of Kurdish municipalities on alleged links to terror, a way the Turkish state often resorts to in its total war against Kurds, Turkish Ministry of Interior has suspended five mayors in the past one week.

Co-mayor of Siirt's Eruh district Hüseyin Kılıç, co-mayor of Mardin's Nusaybin district Sara Kaya, and co-mayor of Amed's Silvan district Yüksel Bodakçı have all been removed from post within the last one week.

Silvan co-mayor Melikşah Teke and deputy co-mayor Ayser Yapıcı have also been removed from post four days ago.

While the co-mayors are accused of “membership to an armed terrorist organisation”, their removal after their consecutive arrest last month is grounded on the declarations of self-rule by the local people in response to the never-ending repression and attacks by Turkish state forces.