Diyarbakır 3rd Administrative Court has halted the execution of the co-chair model created by the DBP (Party of Democratic Regions) municipal assemblies of Çınar, Hani, Silvan, Bismil, Lice, Sur and Bağlar districts of the main Kurdish city.

The court ruled that the model violated the existing Turkish law. The administrative deeds of co-chairs might be considered as invalid.

The ruling emphasized that the aforementioned model approved by municipal assemblies allowed the sharing of competencies of elected mayors with a person called “co-chair”. It considered that the model disabled the mayors to use their competencies on their own and no regulations have been made in the Constitution and Law No 5393 on Municipalities.

Diyarbakır Governor’s Office recently filed a complaint, saying that the aforementioned model violated the existing laws. It requested the halt of execution. The request is being processed by Diyarbakır 1st Administrative Court.