Timeline

 

March 2013 - Start of the Peace Process

June 2013 – Gezi Park Protests

December 17, 2013 – Corruption Scandal

January 19, 2014 - National Intelligence Organisation scandal in Turkey

March 12, 2014 – Death of Berkin Elvan

March 20, 2014 – Twitter Ban

March 30, 2014 – Local Elections

August 10, 2014 – Presidential Elections

October 6-7, 2014 – Kobane Protests

October 29, 2014 – Opening of the illegal and luxurious Presidential Complex

December 14, 2014 – Zaman Newspaper Operation      

January 6, 2015 - Istanbul Suicide Bombing (ISIS)

June 5, 2015 – Diyarbakır HDP Rally Bombings (ISIS)

June 7, 2015 - General Elections (Victory of HDP)

July 20, 2015 – Şanlıurfa/Suruç Bombing (ISIS)

July 22, 2015 - End of the Peace Process (Suspicious killing of two soldiers in Şanlıurfa/Ceylanpınar)

August 10, 2015 - First Declaration of Autonomy (Municipality of Şırnak)

August 16, 2015 – Start of the Curfews

August 20, 2015 – 16 Municipalities declared autonomy

October 10, 2015 - Ankara Bombing (ISIS)

November 03, 2015 – Start of the Operations in Kurdish Cities (ends in April, 2016)

03.11.2015 - 14.11.2015: Diyarbakır/Silvan, 27.11.2015 – 03.12.2016: Mardin/Derik, 28.11.2015 – 09.03.2016: Diyarbakır (Amed)/Sur, 11.12.2015 – 29.12.2015: Mardin/Dargeçit, 14.12.2015 – 18.01.2016: Şırnak/Silopi, 14.12.2015 – 02.03.2016: Şırnak/Cizre, 16.02.2016 - 08.03.2016: Şırnak/İdil, 04.03.2016 – 03.06.2016: Şırnak Center, 14.03.2016 – 03.06.2016: Mardin/Nusaybin, 13.03.2016 – 20.04.2016: Hakkari/Yüksekova, 05.04.2016 – 22.04.2016: Şırnak/Silopi

December 23, 2015 – Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport Attack (TAK)

January 11, 2016 – Academicians for Peace Statement

January 12, 2016 - Istanbul Bombing (ISIS)

February 17, 2016 – Ankara Bombing (TAK)

March 13, 2016 - Ankara Bombing (TAK)

March 19, 2016 – Istanbul Bombing (ISIS)

June 7, 2016 - Istanbul Bombing (TAK?)

June 28, 2016 - Istanbul Atatürk Airport Attack (ISIS)

July 15, 2016 - Coup Attempt

July 20, 2016 – Declaration of the State of Emergency (until July 19, 2018)

August 20, 2016 - Gaziantep Bombing (ISIS?)

August 8, 2016 – First July 15 Monument (Rize) (app. 45 monuments until today)

September 1, 2016 - Decree wıth Force of Law (672) in order to replace municipal executives with appointed trustees

September 8, 2016 – First Appointment of Trustees (Diyarbakır/Sur and Silvan Municipalities)

September 11, 2016 – Appointment of Trustees to 28 Municipalities

December 10, 2016 - Istanbul Bombing (TAK)

January 1, 2017 – Istanbul Nightclub Shooting (ISIS)

January 7, 2017 – Removal of Lamassus Statue (Diyarbakır)

January 8, 2017 - Removal of Roboski Statue (Diyarbakır)

February 25, 2017 – Demolition of Orhan Doğan Monument (Şırnak)

March 30, 2017 – Demolition of Mervani Reliefs (Diyarbakır)

May 19, 2017 – Renaming of Tahir Elçi Park (Van)

June 10, 2017 – Removal of Uğur Kaymaz Monument (Mardin)

June 25, 2017 – Demolition of Ahmede Xani Monument (Ağrı)

September 28, 2017 – Renaming of Ceylan Önkol Park (Diyarbakır)

October 1, 2017 -  Renaming of Medeni Yıldırım Park (Diyarbakır)

October 6, 2017 – Removal of the name of the DTP Politician (Diyarbakır)

October 11, 2017 – Removal of the Mehmed Uzun Monument (Diyarbakır)

April 16, 2017 - Turkish Constitutional Referendum

February, 2018 – 94 municipalities of DBP are transferred to trustees since September 2016

May 4, 2018 – Demolition of Human Rights Monument (Iğdır)

March 29, 2018 – Demolition of Nawroz Monument (Mardin)

July 19, 2018 – End of the State of Emergency

November 10, 2018 – Renaming of Orhan Doğan Boulevard+Demolition of Ehmedê Xanî  Monument

March 31, 2019 – Local Elections: the HDP won 65 municipalities across Turkey, including three metropolitan municipalities, namely Van, Mardin and Diyarbakır. While trustees have been appointed to 45 HDP municipalities so far, six elected co-mayors were not given their certificates of election because they had been discharged from public service by statutory decrees. (May 2020) https://bianet.org/english/politics/224332-hdp-slams-appointment-of-trustees-30-million-people-s-will-usurped-in-five-years

 

August 19, 2019 – Second wave of Appointment of Trustees started with Diyarbakır, Van and Mardin municipalities.

 

March 2020- The Ministry of Interior has appointed trustees to Batman Municipality; Diyarbakır's District Municipalities of Ergani, Eğil, Lice, Silvan; Iğdır's District Municipality of Halfeli; and Siirt's District Municipality of Gökçebağ.

The HDP's elected co-mayor are now only in office in 22 of 65 municipalities.

 

 

February 2021- Since 19 August, a total of

48 municipalities, 3 of which are metropolitan, 5

provincial, 33 district and 7 town municipalities,

have been seized by the AKP / MHP government

https://www.hdp.org.tr/en/seizure-of-will-and-realities-on-trustees/15113/

 

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