Lo scorso febbraio, 3 sindaci curdi (delle città di Diyarbakir, Siirt e Bingöl) che insieme ad altri 4 colleghi avevano firmato la "Carta di Aalborg" a Hannover (Germania), per cui le loro città sono diventate membri della "European Sustainable Cities and Tawns Campaign", sono stati arrestati al loro rientro in Turchia e si trovano da allora in prigione.
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.