List of arrested mayors in Turkey

The following is an incomplete list of arrested mayors in Turkey. {| class="wikitable" !Mayor !District !Arrested !Released !Status !Charge !Party !Source
 * +Arrested Mayors
 * Mehdi Zana
 * Diyarbakır
 * March 1980
 * 1992
 * released
 * Independent
 * colspan="8" |
 * Independent
 * colspan="8" |
 * colspan="8" |
 * 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
 * Feridun Çelik
 * Diyarbakır
 * Feb. 2000
 * 28 Feb. 2000
 * released
 * For allegedly supporting the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).
 * HADEP
 * Selim Özalp
 * Siirt
 * Feb. 2000
 * Feb. 2000
 * released
 * For allegedly supporting the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).
 * HADEP
 * Feyzullah Karaaslan
 * Bingöl
 * Feb. 2000
 * 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
 * BDP
 * Abdullah Akengin
 * Dicle
 * Dec. 2009
 * February 2013
 * imprisoned for over 3 years
 * In relation with the KCK trial
 * BDP
 * Abdullah Demirbaş
 * Sur
 * Dec. 2009
 * May 2010
 * released on medical grounds
 * Among other charges were "using the Kurdish language in his official capacity"
 * BDP
 * Aydin Budak
 * Cizre
 * 23-24 Dec. 2009
 * sentenced to 7 years and 6 months
 * BDP
 * Zülküf Karatekin
 * Kayapınar
 * 23-24 Dec. 2009
 * sentenced to 9 years
 * for being “member of an organization“ during a trial of members of the Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK)
 * BDP
 * 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"
 * BDP
 * 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.
 * BDP
 * Leyla Güven
 * Viranşehir
 * 29 Dec. 2009
 * Sep. 2014
 * more than 4 years in prison
 * BDP
 * Ferhat Türk
 * Kiziltepe
 * 28 De. 2009
 * Feb. 2013
 * imprisoned for over 3 years
 * In relation with the KCK trial
 * BDP
 * Yusuf Yilmaz
 * Patnos
 * 13 Feb. 2010
 * sentenced to 7 years 6 months
 * For membership in an illegal organization in the KCK-trial
 * BDP
 * colspan="8" |
 * 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.
 * BDP
 * Leyla Güven
 * Viranşehir
 * 29 Dec. 2009
 * Sep. 2014
 * more than 4 years in prison
 * BDP
 * Ferhat Türk
 * Kiziltepe
 * 28 De. 2009
 * Feb. 2013
 * imprisoned for over 3 years
 * In relation with the KCK trial
 * BDP
 * Yusuf Yilmaz
 * Patnos
 * 13 Feb. 2010
 * sentenced to 7 years 6 months
 * For membership in an illegal organization in the KCK-trial
 * BDP
 * colspan="8" |
 * Yusuf Yilmaz
 * Patnos
 * 13 Feb. 2010
 * sentenced to 7 years 6 months
 * For membership in an illegal organization in the KCK-trial
 * BDP
 * colspan="8" |
 * For membership in an illegal organization in the KCK-trial
 * BDP
 * colspan="8" |
 * colspan="8" |
 * colspan="8" |

2014–2019
and another 16 years imprisonment and another 15 Years imprisonment
 * Sevil Rojbin Çetin
 * Edremit
 * 14 Aug. 2015
 * sentenced to 10 years
 * For membership in a terror organization
 * DBP
 * Dilek Hatipoğlu
 * Hakkari
 * 23 Aug. 2015
 * sentenced to 15 years. In Sincan prison
 * After having made declarations of self-rule in August 2015, she was sentenced for disrupting the "unity and integrity of the state"
 * DBP
 * Seyit Narin
 * Sur
 * 24 Aug. 2015
 * sentenced to 11 years and 3 months, arrested in Rize
 * prosecuted for terror related charges
 * DBP
 * Diba Keskin
 * Erçis
 * 15 Oct. 2015
 * sentenced to 13 years, 9 months
 * DBP
 * Leyla Îmret
 * Cizre
 * 22 Jan. 2016
 * prosecuted, in exile
 * DBP
 * Zeynep Sipçik
 * Dargeçit
 * March 2016
 * sentenced to 13.5 years. In Sincan prison
 * Convicted of membership in a terrorist organization
 * DBP
 * Hazal Aras
 * Diyadin
 * 3 March 2016
 * June 2017
 * prosecuted
 * DBP
 * Abdullah Çalışkan
 * Saray
 * 20 April 2016
 * sentenced to 7 years, 6 months
 * for membership in a terror organization
 * DBP
 * Mehmet Muhdi Aslan
 * İdil
 * 25 Sept. 2016
 * DBP
 * Abdurrahman Zorlu
 * Hani
 * 1 Oct. 2016
 * DBP
 * Gültan Kişanak
 * Diyarbakır
 * 30 Oct. 2016
 * prosecuted
 * DBP
 * Sabite Ekinci
 * Varto
 * 10 Nov. 2016
 * Imprisoned in Sincan prison.
 * For membership in a terrorist organization.
 * DBP
 * Ahmet Türk
 * Mardin
 * Nov. 2016
 * Feb 2017
 * prosecuted
 * DBP
 * Mehmet Ali Bul
 * Tunceli
 * Nov. 2016
 * sentenced to 8 years and 9 months
 * DBP
 * Hüseyin Olan
 * Bitlis
 * 25 Nov. 2016
 * Imprisoned between 2014 and 2022
 * DBP
 * Halis Çoskun
 * Malazgirt
 * 29 Nov. 2016
 * sentenced to 12 years imprisonment
 * DBP
 * Ismail Asi
 * Kiziltepe
 * 2 Dec. 2016
 * prosecuted, arrested in Sakran prison in Izmir
 * DBP
 * Seferi Yılmaz
 * Semdinli
 * 6 Dec. 2016
 * DBP
 * Mehmet Ali Aydin
 * Kayapinar
 * 8 Dec. 2016
 * DBP
 * Selim Kurbanoğlu
 * Yenişehir
 * 8 Dec. 2016
 * DBP
 * Servet Tunc
 * Çukurka
 * 8 Dec. 2016
 * DBP
 * Tuncer Bakırhan
 * Siirt
 * 16 Dec. 2016
 * sentenced to 10 years and 15 days imprisonment
 * DBP
 * Fırat Öztürk
 * Tutak
 * Jan. 2017
 * prosecuted
 * DBP
 * Sara Kaya
 * Nusaybin
 * Jan. 2017
 * sentenced to 1 year,
 * sentenced to 8 years and 9 months
 * DBP
 * Hüseyin Olan
 * Bitlis
 * 25 Nov. 2016
 * Imprisoned between 2014 and 2022
 * DBP
 * Halis Çoskun
 * Malazgirt
 * 29 Nov. 2016
 * sentenced to 12 years imprisonment
 * DBP
 * Ismail Asi
 * Kiziltepe
 * 2 Dec. 2016
 * prosecuted, arrested in Sakran prison in Izmir
 * DBP
 * Seferi Yılmaz
 * Semdinli
 * 6 Dec. 2016
 * DBP
 * Mehmet Ali Aydin
 * Kayapinar
 * 8 Dec. 2016
 * DBP
 * Selim Kurbanoğlu
 * Yenişehir
 * 8 Dec. 2016
 * DBP
 * Servet Tunc
 * Çukurka
 * 8 Dec. 2016
 * DBP
 * Tuncer Bakırhan
 * Siirt
 * 16 Dec. 2016
 * sentenced to 10 years and 15 days imprisonment
 * DBP
 * Fırat Öztürk
 * Tutak
 * Jan. 2017
 * prosecuted
 * DBP
 * Sara Kaya
 * Nusaybin
 * Jan. 2017
 * sentenced to 1 year,
 * DBP
 * Selim Kurbanoğlu
 * Yenişehir
 * 8 Dec. 2016
 * DBP
 * Servet Tunc
 * Çukurka
 * 8 Dec. 2016
 * DBP
 * Tuncer Bakırhan
 * Siirt
 * 16 Dec. 2016
 * sentenced to 10 years and 15 days imprisonment
 * DBP
 * Fırat Öztürk
 * Tutak
 * Jan. 2017
 * prosecuted
 * DBP
 * Sara Kaya
 * Nusaybin
 * Jan. 2017
 * sentenced to 1 year,
 * Siirt
 * 16 Dec. 2016
 * sentenced to 10 years and 15 days imprisonment
 * DBP
 * Fırat Öztürk
 * Tutak
 * Jan. 2017
 * prosecuted
 * DBP
 * Sara Kaya
 * Nusaybin
 * Jan. 2017
 * sentenced to 1 year,
 * DBP
 * Sara Kaya
 * Nusaybin
 * Jan. 2017
 * sentenced to 1 year,
 * Nusaybin
 * Jan. 2017
 * sentenced to 1 year,
 * sentenced to 1 year,
 * DBP
 * Süleyman Tekin
 * Ömerli
 * 5 Jan. 2017
 * DBP
 * Celalettin Bartu
 * Çatak
 * 5 Jan. 2017
 * DBP
 * Zeynel Taş
 * Bozova
 * 6 Jan. 2017
 * sentenced to 11 years and 10 months imprisonment
 * DBP
 * Sadiye Süer Baran
 * Kulp
 * 6 Jan. 2017
 * prosecuted
 * DBP
 * Emrullah Cin
 * Viranşehir
 * 6 Jan. 2017
 * sentenced to 6 years and 3 months imprisonment
 * DBP
 * Murat Ruhat Özbay
 * Dogubayezit
 * February 2017
 * membership in a terrorist organization
 * DBP
 * Afüllah Kar
 * Koçaköy
 * February 2017
 * membership for a terrorist organization
 * DBP
 * Bekir Kaya
 * Van
 * 11 June 2017
 * sentenced to 8 years, 3 Months
 * Emrullah Cin
 * Viranşehir
 * 6 Jan. 2017
 * sentenced to 6 years and 3 months imprisonment
 * DBP
 * Murat Ruhat Özbay
 * Dogubayezit
 * February 2017
 * membership in a terrorist organization
 * DBP
 * Afüllah Kar
 * Koçaköy
 * February 2017
 * membership for a terrorist organization
 * DBP
 * Bekir Kaya
 * Van
 * 11 June 2017
 * sentenced to 8 years, 3 Months
 * Afüllah Kar
 * Koçaköy
 * February 2017
 * membership for a terrorist organization
 * DBP
 * Bekir Kaya
 * Van
 * 11 June 2017
 * sentenced to 8 years, 3 Months
 * Bekir Kaya
 * Van
 * 11 June 2017
 * sentenced to 8 years, 3 Months
 * sentenced to 8 years, 3 Months
 * sentenced to 8 years, 3 Months
 * DBP
 * Rezan Zuĝurlu
 * Lice
 * 17 Nov. 2017
 * sentenced to 4 years, 2 Months imprisonment
 * DBP
 * Şerafettin Özalp
 * Özalp
 * 7 May 2018
 * 27 May 2018
 * prosecuted
 * DBP
 * colspan="8" |2019 -
 * Mehmet Fatih Taş
 * Kulp
 * Sep. 2019
 * prosecuted
 * HDP
 * Melike Göksu
 * Karayazı
 * Sep. 2019
 * prosecuted
 * HDP
 * İrfan Sarı
 * Yüksekova
 * 15 Oct. 2019
 * prosecuted
 * HDP
 * Adnan Selçuk Mızraklı
 * Diyarbakır
 * 21 Oct. 2019
 * sentenced to 9 years, 4 months imprisonment. Having been imprisoned in Diyarbakir and Kayseri he is currently in Edirne
 * Sentenced with being a member of the PKK
 * HDP
 * Rojda Nazlıer
 * Kocaköy
 * 22 Oct. 2019
 * sentenced to 9 years imprisonment
 * Charged with being a member of the PKK
 * HDP
 * Keziban Yılmaz
 * Kayapınar
 * 22 Oct. 2019
 * March 2020
 * sentenced to 7 years and 6 months but released
 * HDP
 * Azim Yacan
 * Ipekyolu
 * Nov. 2019
 * prosecuted
 * HDP
 * Hatice Çevik
 * Suruç
 * 20 Nov. 2019
 * prosecuted
 * HDP
 * Gülistan Öncü
 * Savur
 * 26 Nov. 2019
 * prosecuted
 * HDP
 * Nalan Özaydın
 * Mazıdağı
 * 26 Nov. 2019
 * prosecuted
 * HDP
 * Mülkiye Esmez
 * Derik
 * 26 Nov. 2019
 * prosecuted
 * HDP
 * Yılmaz Şalan
 * Muradiye
 * 10 Dec. 2019
 * prosecuted
 * HDP
 * Dilan Örenci
 * Özalp
 * 10 Dec. 2019
 * prosecuted
 * HDP
 * Nilüfer Elik Yılmaz
 * Kiziltepe
 * 16 Dez. 2019
 * prosecuted
 * Arrested in Tarsus
 * HDP
 * Feyme Filiz Buluttekin
 * Sur
 * 23 Dec. 2019
 * sentenced to 7 years and 6 month imprisonment
 * HDP
 * Mustafa Akkul
 * Eğil
 * 25 March 2020
 * prosecuted
 * HDP
 * Casim Budak
 * Alınova
 * 16 May 2020
 * prosecuted
 * HDP
 * Yaşar Akkuş
 * Iğdır
 * 19 May 2020
 * sentenced to 7 years and 6 month imprisonment
 * HDP
 * Ayhan Bilgen
 * Kars
 * 2 Oct. 2020
 * released pending trial in June 2021
 * Charged with organizing the Kobanî protests during the Siege of Kobani by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
 * HDP
 * }
 * Mülkiye Esmez
 * Derik
 * 26 Nov. 2019
 * prosecuted
 * HDP
 * Yılmaz Şalan
 * Muradiye
 * 10 Dec. 2019
 * prosecuted
 * HDP
 * Dilan Örenci
 * Özalp
 * 10 Dec. 2019
 * prosecuted
 * HDP
 * Nilüfer Elik Yılmaz
 * Kiziltepe
 * 16 Dez. 2019
 * prosecuted
 * Arrested in Tarsus
 * HDP
 * Feyme Filiz Buluttekin
 * Sur
 * 23 Dec. 2019
 * sentenced to 7 years and 6 month imprisonment
 * HDP
 * Mustafa Akkul
 * Eğil
 * 25 March 2020
 * prosecuted
 * HDP
 * Casim Budak
 * Alınova
 * 16 May 2020
 * prosecuted
 * HDP
 * Yaşar Akkuş
 * Iğdır
 * 19 May 2020
 * sentenced to 7 years and 6 month imprisonment
 * HDP
 * Ayhan Bilgen
 * Kars
 * 2 Oct. 2020
 * released pending trial in June 2021
 * Charged with organizing the Kobanî protests during the Siege of Kobani by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
 * HDP
 * }
 * prosecuted
 * HDP
 * Casim Budak
 * Alınova
 * 16 May 2020
 * prosecuted
 * HDP
 * Yaşar Akkuş
 * Iğdır
 * 19 May 2020
 * sentenced to 7 years and 6 month imprisonment
 * HDP
 * Ayhan Bilgen
 * Kars
 * 2 Oct. 2020
 * released pending trial in June 2021
 * Charged with organizing the Kobanî protests during the Siege of Kobani by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
 * HDP
 * }
 * sentenced to 7 years and 6 month imprisonment
 * HDP
 * Ayhan Bilgen
 * Kars
 * 2 Oct. 2020
 * released pending trial in June 2021
 * Charged with organizing the Kobanî protests during the Siege of Kobani by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
 * HDP
 * }
 * released pending trial in June 2021
 * Charged with organizing the Kobanî protests during the Siege of Kobani by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
 * HDP
 * }
 * }