250 workers, who were previously dismissed by the Van Metropolitan Municipality trustee but won the right to be re-interviewed through legal action have yet to be reinstated. However, the trustee has hired 45 workers from a special AKP list. 

The dismissed workers had met with Trustee Mehmet Emin Bilmez to complain and ask him why they were not being reinstated despite the Court ruling in their favour. The workers underlined the difficult economic conditions they are in. The Trustee, however, answered: "Go and do whatever you want, I don't need staff. "

As this was not enough, it was soon known that Trustee Bilmez has recruited at least 45 people close to the AKP government from a special list prepared by the AKP Van Provincial Organization.

Mustafa Yalçın, who was brought from Kayseri to fill the position of General Secretary of Van Metropolitan Municipality had now wasted time in showing his hostility towards Kurdish and HDP workers. He actually recorded a video a while ago stating his satisfaction in having dismissed with his own signature at least 653 workers. "I really felt pleasure to put my signature below the dismissal order," said Yalçın.

Mesut Babat, a 42-year-old father of 5, one of the workers who was sacked with "pleasure" by Yalçın after having looked for job everywhere was so oppressed by his economic problems who decided to commit suicide.