List of arrested mayors in Turkey

|March 1980

|1992

|released

|Independent

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+PRESS+BI-20041008-1+0+DOC+XML+V0//EN&language=EN|title=Background Information - 08-10-2004|website=www.europarl.europa.eu|access-date=2020-01-20}}

| colspan="8" |

1999–2009

|Recep Tayyip Erdogan

|Istanbul

|27 March 1999

|July 1999

|released after four months

|sentenced to 10 months imprisonment for citing a poem

|Welfare Party

|{{Cite journal |last=Shambayati |first=Hootan |date=2004 |title=A Tale of Two Mayors: Courts and Politics in Iran and Turkey |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3880034 |journal=International Journal of Middle East Studies |volume=36 |issue=2 |pages=267 |doi=10.1017/S0020743804362057 |jstor=3880034 |issn=0020-7438}}

|Feridun Çelik

|Feb. 2000

|28 Feb. 2000

|released

|For allegedly supporting the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).

|HADEP

|{{Cite web|url=http://www.ipsnews.net/2000/02/rights-turkey-kurdish-mayors-arrested/|title=RIGHTS-TURKEY: Kurdish Mayors Arrested {{!}} Inter Press Service|website=www.ipsnews.net|access-date=2019-11-19}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.omct.org/urgent-campaigns/urgent-interventions/turkey/2000/02/d14982/|title=Turkey: Turkey: Kurdish mayors released / February 28, 2000 / Urgent Interventions / Urgent campaigns / OMCT|website=www.omct.org|access-date=2019-11-19}}

|Selim Özalp

|Siirt

|Feb. 2000

|released

|For allegedly supporting the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).

|HADEP

|{{Cite book|title=Activists in Office: Kurdish Politics and Protest in Turkey|last=Watts|first=Nicole F.|date=2011-07-01|publisher=University of Washington Press|isbn=978-0-295-80082-0|pages=113–114|language=en}}

|Feyzullah Karaaslan

|Bingöl

|Feb. 2000

|released

|For allegedly supporting the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).

|HADEP

| colspan="8" |2009–2014

|Ferit Çelik

|Karliova

|5 April 2012

|sentenced to 8 years

|Sentenced for aiding and abetting the PKK

|{{Cite web|title=Thirty one Kurdish mayors behind bars|url=https://anfenglish.com/news/thirty-one-kurdish-mayors-behind-bars-5415|website=ANF News|language=en|access-date=2020-05-20}}{{Cite web|title=Twenty six years prison sentence in Karlýova KCK case|url=https://anfenglish.com/news/twenty-six-years-prison-sentence-in-karlyova-kck-case-6408|website=ANF News|language=en|access-date=2020-05-20}}

|Abdullah Akengin

|Dicle

|Dec. 2009

|February 2013{{Cite web |title=10 people released in KCK case - Türkiye News |url=https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/10-people-released-in-kck-case-41424 |access-date=2022-07-02 |website=Hürriyet Daily News |language=en}}

|imprisoned for over 3 years

|In relation with the KCK trial

|{{Cite web |title=Anti-PKK operation leads to detention of Kurdish mayors |url=https://www.institutkurde.org/en/publications/bulletins/pdf/297.pdf |website=Kurdish Institute of Paris |publisher=Today's Zaman |page=67}}

|Abdullah Demirbaş

|Sur

|Dec. 2009

|May 2010

|released on medical grounds

|Among other charges were "using the Kurdish language in his official capacity"

|{{Cite web|title=Mayor of Sur Demirbaş back to work {{!}} ANF|url=http://en.firatnews.com/index.php?rupel=article&nuceID=59|date=2010-05-21|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100521054125/http://en.firatnews.com/index.php?rupel=article&nuceID=59|archive-date=2010-05-21|access-date=2020-01-20}}{{Cite web|title=Mayor Abdullah Demirbaş Arrested in Diyarbakir|url=https://anca.org/mayor-abdullah-demirbas-arrested-in-diyarbakir/|date=2015-09-01|website=Armenian National Committee of America|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-20}}

|Aydin Budak

|Cizre

|23-24 Dec. 2009

|sentenced to 7 years and 6 months

|{{Cite web|title=Kurdish mayor sentenced to 7,5 years in prison|url=https://anfenglish.com/news/kurdish-mayor-sentenced-to-7-5-years-in-prison-1-2603|website=ANF News|language=en|access-date=2020-05-20}}{{Cite web|last=Endoroglu|first=Erol|author-link=Erol Önderoğlu|date=5 January 2010|title=International Appeal for Release of Human Rights Defenders|url=http://bianet.org/kadin/human-rights/119277-international-appeal-for-release-of-human-rights-defenders|access-date=20 May 2020|website=Bianet}}

|Zülküf Karatekin

|Kayapınar

|23-24 Dec. 2009

|sentenced to 9 years

|for being “member of an organization“{{Cite web|title=Supreme Court of Appeals Upholds Prison Sentences of 3 HDP MPs|url=http://bianet.org/english/print/213474-supreme-court-of-appeals-upholds-prison-sentences-of-3-hdp-mps|access-date=20 May 2020|website=Bianet}} during a trial of members of the Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK)

|Nejdet Atalay

|Batman

|23-24 Dec. 2009

|sentenced to 1 year and 8 months

|Sentenced for calling Members of the PKK "warriors of the Kurdish people in mountains"{{Cite web|title=Mayor sentenced for alleged propaganda - Turkey News|url=https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/mayor-sentenced-for-alleged-propaganda-21383|access-date=2021-05-02|website=Hürriyet Daily News|language=en}}

|Etem Şahin

|Suruç

|23-24 Dec. 2009

|sentenced to 1 year and 9 months

|For speaking Kurdish during his election campaign and violated the law concerning marches and manifestations.{{Cite web|title=Another BDP mayor sentenced to prison|url=https://anfenglishmobile.com/news/another-bdp-mayor-sentenced-to-prison-1294|access-date=2020-05-20|website=ANF News|language=en}}

|Leyla Güven

|Viranşehir

|29 Dec. 2009

|Sep. 2014

|more than 4 years in prison

|{{Cite web|title=The Congress calls for the release of Leyla Güven|url=https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/view/-/asset_publisher/vn2ojsz0tUaf/content/the-congress-calls-for-the-release-of-leyla-guven|website=www.coe.int|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-05-20}}{{Cite web|title=Congress welcomes release of Leyla Güven and other elected representatives detained in Turkey|url=https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/news-2014/-/asset_publisher/o7J4kBL595Ox/content/congress-welcomes-release-of-leyla-guven-and-other-elected-representatives-detained-in-turkey|website=www.coe.int|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-05-20}}

|Ferhat Türk

|Kiziltepe

|28 De. 2009

|Feb. 2013

|imprisoned for over 3 years

|In relation with the KCK trial

|{{Cite web |date=28 December 2009 |title=Kurdish Politicians Kept in Detention |url=https://m.bianet.org/english/print/119135-kurdish-politicians-kept-in-detention |website=Bianet}}

|Yusuf Yilmaz

|Patnos

|13 Feb. 2010

|sentenced to 7 years 6 months

|For membership in an illegal organization in the KCK-trial{{Cite web|title=Ağrı KCK Trial: Prison Sentences of almost 92 Years|url=http://bianet.org/biamag/minorities/130774-agri-kck-trial-prison-sentences-of-almost-92-years|access-date=11 September 2020|website=Bianet}}

| colspan="8" |

2014–2019

|Sevil Rojbin Çetin

|Edremit

|14 Aug. 2015

|sentenced to 10 years

|For membership in a terror organization

|{{Cite web|url=https://anfenglishmobile.com/kurdistan/kurdish-mayor-sentenced-to-ten-years-in-prison-24644|title=Kurdish mayor sentenced to ten years in prison|website=ANF News|language=en|access-date=2019-12-03}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2015-08-24|title=Another mayor jailed over 'self-rule' claims: Van Public Prosecutor|url=https://www.dailysabah.com/kurdish-issue/2015/08/24/another-mayor-jailed-over-self-rule-claims-van-public-prosecutor|access-date=2021-05-02|website=Daily Sabah|language=en-US}}

|Dilek Hatipoğlu

|Hakkari

|23 Aug. 2015

|sentenced to 15 years.{{Cite web |title=Dilek Hatipoğlu |url=https://www.institutkurde.org/en/info/infographics/mayors/detail.php?id=6 |access-date=2022-07-04 |website=Kurdish Institute of Paris |language=en}} In Sincan prison{{Cite web |title=Solidarität mit politischen Gefangenen in der Türkei |url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c1b8be445776e1be787b459/t/620e26a37575340d1cdc3620/1645094566524/2203-Solibrief-d.pdf}}

|After having made declarations of self-rule in August 2015, she was sentenced for disrupting the "unity and integrity of the state"{{Cite web|date=11 November 2016|title=Former Vice Co-Mayor of Trustee Appointed Hakkari Arrested|url=http://bianet.org/english/print/180668-former-vice-co-mayor-of-trustee-appointed-hakkari-arrested|access-date=2 December 2019|website=Bianet}}

|{{Cite web |title=Another mayor jailed over 'self-rule' claims: Van Public Prosecutor |url=https://www.dailysabah.com/politics/2015/08/24/another-mayor-jailed-over-self-rule-claims-van-public-prosecutor |access-date=2019-12-03 |website=Daily Sabah}}

|Seyit Narin

|Sur

|24 Aug. 2015{{Cite web |title=Seyit NARIN |url=https://www.institutkurde.org/en/info/infographics/mayors/detail.php?id=5 |access-date=2022-11-23 |website=Institutkurde.org |language=en}}

|sentenced to 11 years and 3 months,{{Cite web |date=14 February 2018 |title=Co-Mayors in the Kurdish Region Sentenced by the Turkish Courts |url=https://kurdistantribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/MayorsImprisoned-Sentenced-Released-1.pdf |website=Kurdistan Tribune}} arrested in Rize{{Cite web |title=Former co-mayor Narin had a heart attack in prison |url=https://m.bianet.org/english/law/256326-former-co-mayor-narin-had-a-heart-attack-in-prison |website=Bianet}}

|prosecuted for terror related charges

|Diba Keskin

|Erçis

|15 Oct. 2015

|sentenced to 13 years, 9 months

|{{Cite web|url=http://en.hdpeurope.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/BIOs_KurdishMayorsinPrison.pdf|title=Biographies of Kurdish Mayors in Prison|website=HDPEurope|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180716140524/http://en.hdpeurope.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/BIOs_KurdishMayorsinPrison.pdf|archive-date=16 July 2018|access-date=13 December 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.initiative-kurdistan.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ImprisonedKurdishMayors-29-11-161.pdf|title=Imprisoned Co-Mayors from Kurdish Region by Turkish Government|last=(GABB)|first=Union of Southeastern Anatolia Region Municipalities|website=Initiative Kurdistan|access-date=2 December 2019}}

|Leyla Îmret

|Cizre

|22 Jan. 2016

|prosecuted, in exile

|{{Cite web|url=http://www.jinhaber1.com/en/ALL-NEWS/content/view/43021?page=104|title=JINHA {{!}}{{!}} jinhaber1.com|website=www.jinhaber1.com|access-date=2019-11-19}}{{cite web |last=Stengel |first=Eckhard |date=6 February 2019 |title=Leyla Imrets Kampf für die Rechte der Kurden |url=https://www.fr.de/politik/leyla-imret-kaempft-11735078.html |access-date=20 December 2019 |work=Frankfurter Rundschau |language=de}}

|Zeynep Sipçik

|Dargeçit

|March 2016

|sentenced to 13.5 years.{{Cite web |last=TurkeyPurge |title=Kurdish mayor, dismissed by gov't, gets 13.5 years in jail on terror charges {{!}} Turkey Purge |url=https://turkeypurge.com/kurdish-mayor-dismissed-by-govt-gets-13-5-years-in-jail-on-terror-charges |access-date=2019-11-20 |language=en-US}} In Sincan prison

|Convicted of membership in a terrorist organization

|Hazal Aras

|Diyadin

|3 March 2016

|June 2017

|prosecuted

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.institutkurde.org/en/info/infographics/mayors/|title=The Kurdish Institute of Paris - kurde, kurdish, kurd kurdisch kurda curda curdo, kurdistan curdistan|website=Institutkurde.org|language=en|access-date=2019-12-03}}{{Cite web|url=https://stockholmcf.org/demirtas-former-co-chair-of-turkeys-pro-kurdish-hdp-says-he-is-tried-with-political-motivation/|title=Demirtaş, former co-chair of Turkey's pro-Kurdish HDP, says he is tried with political motivation|last=SCF|date=2018-02-14|website=Stockholm Center for Freedom|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-20}}

|Abdullah Çalışkan

|Saray

|20 April 2016{{Cite web |title=Abdülkadir ÇALIŞKAN |url=https://www.institutkurde.org/en/info/infographics/mayors/detail.php?id=107 |access-date=2022-11-23 |website=Institutkurde.org |language=en}}

|sentenced to 7 years, 6 months

|for membership in a terror organization

|{{Cite web |title=DBP's Co-mayor sentenced to 7 years in prison |url=https://anfenglish.com/kurdistan/dbp-s-co-mayor-sentenced-to-7-years-in-prison-31251 |access-date=2022-11-23 |website=ANF News |language=en}}

|Mehmet Muhdi Aslan

|İdil

|25 Sept. 2016

|Abdurrahman Zorlu

|Hani

|1 Oct. 2016

|Gültan Kişanak

|30 Oct. 2016

|prosecuted

|{{Cite web|url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-court-arrests-diyarbakir-co-mayors-105554|title=Turkish court arrests Diyarbakır co-mayors - Turkey News|website=Hürriyet Daily News|language=en|access-date=2019-11-19}}{{Cite web|url=http://bianet.org/english/politics/210692-prison-sentences-for-hdp-s-kisanak-tuncel-overturned|title=Prison Sentences for HDP's Kışanak, Tuncel Overturned|date=19 July 2019|website=Bianet|access-date=19 November 2019}}

|Sabite Ekinci

|Varto

|10 Nov. 2016{{Cite web |last=Kurdistan24 |title=Turkey imprisons another Kurdish mayor |url=https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/news/031a5a10-2e56-4ed0-847f-d7efc8f98f53/Turkey-imprisons-another-Kurdish-mayor |access-date=2020-01-20 |website=Kurdistan24 |language=en}}

|Imprisoned in Sincan prison.

|For membership in a terrorist organization.{{Cite web |title=Trustee Appointed to Varto Municipality in Muş Province |url=https://bianet.org/english/print/180665-trustee-appointed-to-varto-municipality-in-mus-province |website=Bianet}}

|Ahmet Türk

|Mardin

|Nov. 2016

|Feb 2017

|prosecuted

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.birgun.net/haber/detained-co-mayor-of-turkey-s-mardin-ahmet-turk-released-due-to-health-condition-145682|title=Detained co-mayor of Turkey's Mardin, Ahmet Türk, released due to health condition|website=birgun.net|language=tr|access-date=2020-01-21}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/08/20/turkey-3-kurdish-mayors-removed-office|title=Turkey: 3 Kurdish Mayors Removed from Office|date=2019-08-20|website=Human Rights Watch|language=en|access-date=2020-01-21}}

|Mehmet Ali Bul

|Tunceli

|Nov. 2016

|sentenced to 8 years and 9 months

|Hüseyin Olan

|Bitlis

|25 Nov. 2016

|Imprisoned between 2014 and 2022{{Cite web |title=Olan: The Green Left Party is the address of peace and democracy |url=https://anfenglishmobile.com/elections-2023/olan-the-green-left-party-is-the-address-of-peace-and-democracy-66710 |access-date=2023-06-19 |website=ANF News |language=en}}

|Halis Çoskun

|Malazgirt

|29 Nov. 2016

|sentenced to 12 years imprisonment

|{{Cite web|url=http://bianet.org/english/politics/181204-malazgirt-co-mayors-arrested|title=Malazgirt Co-Mayors Arrested|website=Bianet|access-date=4 January 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://anfenglish.com/news/co-mayors-of-malazgirt-sentenced-to-prison-35256|title=Co-mayors of Malazgirt sentenced to prison|website=ANF News|language=en|access-date=2020-01-20}}

|Ismail Asi

|Kiziltepe

|2 Dec. 2016

|prosecuted, arrested in Sakran prison in Izmir

|{{Cite web |title=Trustees appointed to Mardin's Kızıltepe Municipality following arrest of co-mayors - Turkish Minute |url=https://turkishminute.com/2016/12/07/trustees-appointed-mardins-kiziltepe-municipality-following-arrest-co-mayors/ |access-date=2022-11-23 |language=en-US}}

|Seferi Yılmaz

|Semdinli

|6 Dec. 2016

|{{Cite web|url=https://bianet.org/english/politics/181437-semdinli-co-mayor-seferi-yilmaz-arrested|title=Şemdinli Co-Mayor Seferi Yılmaz Arrested|website=Bianet|access-date=3 December 2019}}

|Mehmet Ali Aydin

|Kayapinar

|8 Dec. 2016

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.yenisafak.com/en/news/turkish-authorities-dismiss-3-local-mayors-2576995|title=Turkish authorities dismiss 3 local mayors|last=Şafak|first=Yeni|website=Yeni Şafak|language=tr-TR|access-date=2020-01-13}}

|Selim Kurbanoğlu

|Yenişehir

|8 Dec. 2016

|Servet Tunc

|Çukurka

|8 Dec. 2016

|Tuncer Bakırhan

|Siirt

|16 Dec. 2016

|sentenced to 10 years and 15 days imprisonment

|{{Cite web|title=Former mayor in Turkey given 10-year sentence|url=https://ahvalnews.com/tuncer-bakirhan/former-mayor-turkey-given-10-year-sentence|access-date=2020-10-08|website=Ahval|language=en}}

|Fırat Öztürk

|Tutak

|Jan. 2017

|prosecuted

|{{Cite web |last=SCF |date=2017-01-30 |title=Pro-Kurdish district mayor in Ağrı arrested on terror charges |url=https://stockholmcf.org/pro-kurdish-district-mayor-in-agri-arrested-on-terror-charges/ |access-date=2022-11-23 |website=Stockholm Center for Freedom |language=en-US}}

|Sara Kaya

|Nusaybin

|Jan. 2017

|sentenced to 1 year,

and another 16 years imprisonment

|{{Cite web|url=https://turkeypurge.com/turkey-seeks-aggravated-life-sentence-for-purge-victim-kurdish-mayor|title=Turkey seeks aggravated life sentence for purge-victim Kurdish mayor {{!}} Turkey Purge|last=TurkeyPurge|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-20}}{{Cite web|title=Former co-mayor of Nusaybin sentenced to 16 years in prison|url=https://anfenglishmobile.com/news/former-co-mayor-of-nusaybin-sentenced-to-16-years-in-prison-44731|access-date=2020-10-08|website=ANF News|language=en}}

|Süleyman Tekin

|Ömerli

|5 Jan. 2017

|{{Cite web|url=http://bianet.org/english/print/182411-omerli-catak-co-mayors-arrested|title=Ömerli, Çatak Co-Mayors Arrested|date=5 January 2017|website=Bianet|access-date=20 January 2020}}

|Celalettin Bartu

|Çatak

|5 Jan. 2017

|Zeynel Taş

|Bozova

|6 Jan. 2017

|sentenced to 11 years and 10 months imprisonment{{Cite web|title=High prison sentences for 22 Kurdish politicians in Urfa|url=https://anfenglishmobile.com/kurdistan/high-prison-sentences-for-22-kurdish-politicians-in-urfa-28323|website=ANF News|language=en|access-date=2020-05-20}}

|{{Cite web|title=4 DBP Co-Mayors Arrested, Trustee Appointed to Ömerli Municipality|url=http://bianet.org/english/politics/182461-4-dbp-co-mayors-arrested-trustee-appointed-to-omerli-municipality|website=Bianet|access-date=20 May 2020}}

|Sadiye Süer Baran

|Kulp

|6 Jan. 2017

|prosecuted

|{{Cite web|title=Jailed co-mayor of Kulp transferred from Amed to Urfa|url=https://anfenglish.com/kurdistan/jailed-co-mayor-of-kulp-transferred-from-amed-to-urfa-18099|website=ANF News|language=en|access-date=2020-05-20}}{{Cite web |title=Jailed co-mayor of Kulp transferred from Amed to Urfa |url=https://anfenglishmobile.com/kurdistan/jailed-co-mayor-of-kulp-transferred-from-amed-to-urfa-18099 |access-date=2022-07-02 |website=Firat News Agency |language=en}}

|Emrullah Cin

|Viranşehir

|6 Jan. 2017

|sentenced to 6 years and 3 months imprisonment

|{{Cite web|title=Supreme Court of Appeals Upholds Prison Sentences of 3 HDP MPs|url=http://bianet.org/english/print/213474-supreme-court-of-appeals-upholds-prison-sentences-of-3-hdp-mps|website=Bianet|access-date=25 May 2020}}

|Murat Ruhat Özbay

|Dogubayezit

|February 2017

|membership in a terrorist organization

|{{Cite web |title=Doğubayazıt Co-Mayors Arrested |url=https://m.bianet.org/english/print/183343-dogubayazit-co-mayors-arrested |website=Bianet}}

|Afüllah Kar

|Koçaköy

|February 2017

|membership for a terrorist organization

|{{Cite web |title=Co-mayor of Amed's Kocaköy district formally arrested |url=https://anfenglish.com/kurdistan/co-mayor-of-amed-s-kocakoy-district-formally-arrested-18287 |access-date=2022-11-23 |website=ANF News |language=en}}

|Bekir Kaya

|Van

|11 June 2017

|sentenced to 8 years, 3 Months

and another 15 Years imprisonment

|{{Cite web|url=https://m.bianet.org/bianet/freedom-of-expression/138981-van-mayor-bekir-kaya-arrested|title=Van Mayor Bekir Kaya Arrested|date=11 June 2017|website=Bianet|access-date=19 November 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.turkishminute.com/2018/10/19/former-van-mayor-kaya-sentenced-to-8-years-3-months-in-prison/|title=Former Van mayor Kaya sentenced to 8 years, 3 months in prison - Turkish Minute|last=TM|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-19}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/news/4ef56450-eaf3-4a07-9e6d-7c3200a31b9d/Kurdish-mayor-sentenced-to-15-years-in-Turkey|title=Kurdish mayor sentenced to 15 years in Turkey|last=Kurdistan24|website=Kurdistan24|language=en|access-date=2019-11-20}}

|Rezan Zuĝurlu

|Lice

|17 Nov. 2017

|sentenced to 4 years, 2 Months imprisonment

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/news/9c384caa-06d3-4557-8d94-d95345d13f5b|title=Youngest Kurdish mayor jailed in Turkey|last=Kurdistan24|website=Kurdistan24|language=en|access-date=2019-11-19}}

|Şerafettin Özalp

|Özalp

|7 May 2018

|27 May 2018

|prosecuted

|{{Cite web|url=https://anfenglish.com/kurdistan/co-mayors-bagci-and-Oezalp-arrested-26521|title=Co-mayors Bağcı and Özalp arrested|website=ANF News|language=en|access-date=2019-12-03}}{{Cite web|url=https://anfenglish.com/kurdistan/two-co-mayors-released-another-sentenced-to-8-years-in-prison-23661|title=Two co-mayors released, another sentenced to 8 years in prison|website=ANF News|language=en|access-date=2019-12-03}}

| colspan="8" |2019 -

|Mehmet Fatih Taş

|Kulp

|Sep. 2019

|prosecuted

|{{Cite web|url=http://bianet.org/english/human-rights/213122-kulp-district-co-mayors-arrested-trustee-appointed|title=Kulp District Co-Mayors Arrested, Trustee Appointed|date=17 September 2019|website=Bianet|access-date=22 November 2019}}

|Melike Göksu

|Karayazı

|Sep. 2019

|prosecuted

|{{Cite web|url=https://bianet.org/5/94/213202-karayazi-district-mayor-replaced-with-trustee-after-her-arrest|title=Karayazı District Mayor Replaced with Trustee After Her Arrest|website=Bianet|access-date=13 January 2020}}

|İrfan Sarı

|Yüksekova

|15 Oct. 2019

|prosecuted

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.duvarenglish.com/human-rights/2019/11/22/jailed-hdp-politician-receiving-poor-treatment-in-solitary-confinement-his-family-claims/|title=Jailed HDP politician subject to poor treatment in solitary confinement|website=www.duvarenglish.com|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-01-13}}

|Adnan Selçuk Mızraklı

|21 Oct. 2019{{Cite web |title=Three Kurdish former mayors arrested in Turkey |url=https://www.ft.com/content/4988b39e-f406-11e9-a79c-bc9acae3b654 |access-date=2019-11-19 |website=Financial Times |language=en-GB}}

|sentenced to 9 years, 4 months imprisonment.{{Cite web |last=Tuncel |first=Ruken |date=9 March 2020 |title=Ousted Diyarbakır Mayor Selçuk Mızraklı Handed Prison Sentence on 'Terrorism' Charges |url=http://bianet.org/english/politics/221145-ousted-diyarbakir-mayor-selcuk-mizrakli-handed-prison-sentence-on-terrorism-charges |access-date=9 March 2020 |website=Bianet}} Having been imprisoned in Diyarbakir and Kayseri he is currently in Edirne{{Cite web |title=Deposed Mayor Mızraklı transferred to Edirne Prison |url=https://anfenglish.com/news/deposed-mayor-mizrakli-transferred-to-edirne-57931 |access-date=2022-07-04 |website=Firat News Agency |language=en}}

|Sentenced with being a member of the PKK

|Rojda Nazlıer

|Kocaköy

|22 Oct. 2019

|sentenced to 9 years imprisonment

|Charged with being a member of the PKK

|{{Cite web|url=https://m.bianet.org/english/politics/215042-arrested-hdp-co-mayors-sent-from-diyarbakir-to-kayseri|title=Arrested HDP Co-Mayors Sent from Diyarbakır to Kayseri|website=Bianet|access-date=2 December 2019}}{{Cite web|date=2020-12-14|title=Turkish court sentences dismissed HDP co-mayor to nine years in jail|url=https://www.duvarenglish.com/turkish-court-sentences-dismissed-hdp-co-mayor-rojda-nazlier-to-nine-years-in-jail-news-55469|access-date=2020-12-21|website=www.duvarenglish.com|language=en}}

|Keziban Yılmaz

|Kayapınar

|22 Oct. 2019

|March 2020{{Cite web |title=Keziban Yılmaz: Trotz Verurteilung Freilassung angeordnet |url=https://anfdeutsch.com/frauen/keziban-yilmaz-trotz-verurteilung-freilassung-angeordnet-17932 |access-date=2022-11-22 |website=ANF News |language=de}}

|sentenced to 7 years and 6 months but released

|Azim Yacan

|Ipekyolu

|Nov. 2019

|prosecuted

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.turkishminute.com/2019/11/12/turkey-arrests-two-more-kurdish-mayors/|title=Turkey arrests two more Kurdish mayors - Turkish Minute|last=TM|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-22}}

|Hatice Çevik

|Suruç

|20 Nov. 2019

|prosecuted

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.duvarenglish.com/domestic/2019/11/21/court-arrests-pro-kurdish-partys-suruc-co-mayor/|title=Court arrests pro-Kurdish party's Suruç co-mayor|website=www.duvarenglish.com|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-27}}

|Gülistan Öncü

|Savur

|26 Nov. 2019

|prosecuted

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.duvarenglish.com/politics/2019/11/26/three-sacked-hdp-mayors-arrested-in-turkeys-southeast/|title=Three sacked HDP mayors arrested in Turkey's southeast|website=www.duvarenglish.com|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-27}}

|Nalan Özaydın

|Mazıdağı

|26 Nov. 2019

|prosecuted

|Mülkiye Esmez

|Derik

|26 Nov. 2019

|prosecuted

|Yılmaz Şalan

|Muradiye

|10 Dec. 2019

|prosecuted

|{{Cite web|url=http://bianet.org/english/print/216886-hdp-s-3-co-mayors-in-van-arrested|title=HDP's 3 Co-Mayors in Van Arrested|website=Bianet|access-date=10 December 2019}}

|Dilan Örenci

|Özalp

|10 Dec. 2019

|prosecuted

|Nilüfer Elik Yılmaz

|Kiziltepe

|16 Dez. 2019

|prosecuted

|Arrested in Tarsus

|{{Cite web|title=Co-mayor of Kızıltepe transferred to Tarsus|url=https://mezopotamyaajansi.com/en/NEWS/content/view/80652?page=6|access-date=2020-01-13|website=mezopotamyaajansi.com}}{{Cite web|title=HDP's Kızıltepe District Co-Mayor Nilüfer Elik Yılmaz Arrested|url=https://m.bianet.org/english/human-rights/217158-hdp-s-kiziltepe-district-co-mayor-nilufer-elik-yilmaz-arrested|access-date=29 December 2021|website=Bianet}}

|Feyme Filiz Buluttekin

|Sur

|23 Dec. 2019

|sentenced to 7 years and 6 month imprisonment

|{{Cite web|date=22 February 2021|title=Turkey sentences dismissed Kurdish mayor to prison over terror links|url=https://ahvalnews.com/hdp/turkey-sentences-dismissed-kurdish-mayor-prison-over-terror-links|access-date=19 December 2021|website=Ahval}}{{Cite web|title=Turkish authorities arrest local mayor over alleged terror links|url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2019/12/23/Turkish-authorities-arrest-local-mayor-over-alleged-terror-links/9371577131396/|access-date=2021-12-19|website=UPI|language=en}}

|Mustafa Akkul

|Eğil

|25 March 2020

|prosecuted

|{{Cite web|url=http://bianet.org/english/other/221910-hdp-s-egil-co-mayor-arrested|title=HDP's Eğil Co-Mayor Arrested|website=Bianet|access-date=25 March 2020}}

|Casim Budak

|Alınova

|16 May 2020

|prosecuted

|{{Cite web|title=HDP's Dismissed Altınova Co-Mayor Budak Arrested|url=https://bianet.org/english/local-goverment/224429-hdp-s-dismissed-altinova-co-mayor-budak-arrested|website=Bianet|access-date=25 May 2020}}

|Yaşar Akkuş

|Iğdır

|19 May 2020

|sentenced to 7 years and 6 month imprisonment

|{{Cite web|title=HDP's Iğdır Co-Mayor Arrested|url=http://bianet.org/english/human-rights/224487-hdp-s-igdir-co-mayor-arrested|website=Bianet|access-date=25 May 2020}}{{Cite web|title=Mayor Akkuş: We will continue smiling despite everything|url=https://anfenglish.com/news/mayor-akkus-we-will-continue-smiling-despite-everything-52366|access-date=2021-12-19|website=ANF News|language=en}}

|Ayhan Bilgen

|Kars

|2 Oct. 2020

|released pending trial in June 2021{{Cite web|date=15 June 2021|title=4 HDP politicians released in Kobané Case|url=http://mezopotamyaajansi35.com/en/ALL-NEWS/content/view/138144|access-date=16 June 2021|website=Mezapotamya Ajansi}}

|Charged with organizing the Kobanî protests during the Siege of Kobani by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).