People's Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) Hakkari (Colemêrg) Municipality co-mayor Mehmet Sıddık Akış was deposed from his charge after being taken into custody on Monday. The co-mayor was detained in Van and was then brought to Hakkari. After a 24-hour ban on seeing lawyers, he finally met them and told them to salute the resistance in the city. Stating that he was in good spirits, Akış described what happened as a "coup attempt against democracy" and sent greetings to all segments of society who had been protesting the usurpation of their will.

The confidentiality decision regarding the file continues. Ömer Akış, one of the lawyers who met with the co-mayor, said that the news about his clients in the pro-government media was done to "influence the judiciary". Lawyer Akış said: "Our client had to stay in Van due to the late hour of returning from the meeting held in Diyarbakir. He was detained in a house raid in the morning while he was about to set off for Hakkari. The slanders made by the pro-government media that 'he was caught while he was about to escape' do not reflect the truth. The ruling media is also sharing false information about the file, which even we cannot access and which is still under confidentiality order. All this false news has the aim of targeting and influencing the judiciary. Co-mayor Akış told the court that he wanted to attend the court hearing on 5June. Why would a person who said this escape? No one should believe in manipulations."