P ), ▁were ▁removed ▁from ▁office ▁by ▁the ▁Inter ior ▁Ministry ▁and ▁were ▁tempor arily ▁replaced ▁by ▁government - app oint ed ▁trust ees . ▁Most ▁of ▁these ▁may ors ▁were ▁removed ▁from ▁office ▁due ▁to ▁charges ▁of ▁joining , ▁a iding ▁or ▁conduct ing ▁propag anda ▁activities ▁for ▁a ▁terror ist ▁organisation , ▁namely ▁the ▁Kur dist an ▁Work ers ' ▁Party ▁( PK K ). ▁Several ▁DB P ▁district ▁party ▁execut ives ▁were ▁also ▁susp ended ▁from ▁office ▁on ▁terror ism ▁charges . ▁In ▁addition , ▁four ▁A K P ▁may ors ▁and ▁one ▁M HP ▁mayor ▁were ▁removed ▁after ▁being ▁arrested ▁for ▁a iding ▁the ▁G ulen ▁movement , ▁which ▁is ▁known ▁by ▁the ▁Turkish ▁Government ▁and ▁its ▁supp or ters ▁as ▁the ▁F eth ul lah ▁Gü len ▁T error ist ▁Organisation ▁( F ET Ö ), ▁who ▁were ▁accused ▁of ▁perpet rating ▁the ▁coup . ▁ ▁The ▁removal ▁of ▁may ors ▁and ▁district ▁party ▁execut ives ▁began ▁with ▁a ▁state ▁of ▁emer gency ▁dec ree ▁on ▁ 1 ▁September ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁with ▁the ▁district ▁Kay m ak am ▁being ▁given ▁the ▁role ▁of ▁acting ▁mayor ▁in ▁some ▁instances . ▁As ▁of ▁ 1 4 ▁October ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁four ▁A K P ▁may ors , ▁one ▁M HP ▁mayor ▁and ▁ 9 4 ▁DB P ▁may ors ▁have ▁been ▁removed ▁from ▁office . ▁ ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁removal ▁on ▁the ▁grounds ▁of ▁national ▁security , ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁may ors ▁have