The Turkish police detained, on Wednesday morning, the mayor and six staff members from the Tuzluca Municipality of the Igdir Province, which borders Armenia.   

Mayor Ahmet Sait Sadrettin Turkan, who is a member of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), is accused of falsifying of state tenders, Hurriyet daily of Turkey informs.

To note, Tuzluca’s mayor became known when he had gone to the Armenian-Turkish border, in connection with 91st anniversary of occupying Tuzluca from Armenia, and released doves into the air and threw white and red cloves into the Arax River.    

“We are releasing the doves in the hope of establishing peace in four corners of the world, and throwing these cloves into the river in order to take the development steps jointly with our Armenian neighbors,” Tuzluca’s Mayor had said.