Security sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said on Monday that Feyme Filiz Buluttekin, the mayor of Sur district in the country’s southeastern province of Diyarbakir, was suspended on December 20 as part of an investigation, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported.

The report added that Buluttekin was removed from her post over alleged ties to the PKK, which has been waging an insurgency for autonomy in Turkey’s largely-Kurdish southeast since 1984 and is deemed a terrorist organization by the Ankara government.

She is also accused of participation in the funeral of high-profile PKK member Mehmet Yakisir and other Kurdish militants besides sympathizing with their families.

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