Van municipality

First act of gov’t-appointed trustee in Van: hanging Erdoğan’s photo in mayor’s office

August 19, 2019

Mehmet Emin Bilmez , the former governor of the eastern Turkish province of Van who was appointed on Monday as trustee for the Van Municipality after...

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Gov’t-backed Van mayor removes Kurdish signs from public buses

November 24, 2016

The new mayor of Van province, who was recently appointed by the Turkish government in place of the democratically elected pro-Kurdish mayor, has reportedly...