In February of this year three Kurdish mayors (of the towns of Diyarbakir, Siirt and Bingöl) were arrested on their return to Turkey after they had signed the Aalborg Charter in Hanover in Germany together with 4 colleagues making their towns members of the ‘European Sustainable Cities and Towns Campaign’; they are still being held in prison.
Au mois de février de cette année, sept maires kurdes, dont ceux des villes de Diyarbakir, Siirt et Bingöl ont signé la "Charte d'Aalborg" à Hanovre, de manière que leurs villes participent à la campagne européenne Villes et agglomérations pour un développement durable.