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YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 17, ARMENPRESS. Mayor of the Turkish city Tunceli, Mehmet Ali Bul was remanded in custody on Thursday.
The Mayor was arrested in an anti-terror investigation. He was among a number of figures from the Democratic Regions Party (DBP) seized in raids in recent weeks, reports Anadolu.
The DBP mayor of Van, Bekir Kaya, and four other municipal officials were arrested early Thursday and the Interior Ministry announced it had suspended the mayors of Mardin and Siirt -- Ahmet Turk and Tuncer Bakirhan respectively.
Bakirhan, from the DBP, had been arrested and remanded in custody on Wednesday.
Bul was arrested on a warrant issued by the Tunceli Public Prosecutor's Office as part of an ongoing investigation into the PKK.
Police also searched his home and his municipality office. He was among 14 people arrested on the orders of the Tunceli prosecutor.
Earlier this month, 13 lawmakers from the HDP were arrested. Ten, including co-leaders Selahattin Demirtas and Figen Yuksekdag, remain in custody awaiting trial on terrorism-related charges.