An investigation launched toward Beşiktaş Municipality on naming street in Kurdish

2017-03-27 14:09:50

ISTANBUL- The Turkish Ministry of Interior Affairs has started an investigation towards  Istanbul’s Besiktas municipality’s  under colors of naming a street in Kurdish.

 

Besiktas municipality had become a ‘sister council’ with the municipality of Hakkari  on  first of September in 2014 when Besiktas municipality’s Mayor, Murat Hazinedar, visited Hakkari along with 200 students and NGO members from Besiktas on international peace day.




‘Baris Sokak’, meaning ‘Peace Street’, was renamed by the municipality as “Baris-Asiti Sokak” to include the Kurdish word for peace as well in 2015. The Hakkari municipality renamed one of its streets ‘Besiktas Street’ as a return gesture. One-and-a-half years after the renaming of the street, the Ministry of Interior Affairs announced that an investigation was  launched into the renaming of the street.

 

Whether a criminal investigation will be opened will depend on the “findings” of the inspectors of the Interior Ministry.