Turkey’s Erdogan says unseating of mayors to be rare after PKK disbands

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday he believes Turkey’s practice of appointing state “trustees” to replace elected mayors will become a rare occurrence once the PKK militant group acts on its decision to disband.

Erdogan was speaking to lawmakers from his AK Party in parliament.Turkey has repeatedly unseated and replaced dozens of elected pro-Kurdish party mayors after recent elections over alleged PKK links. It has also replaced mayors from the main opposition party.