Clashes have broken out in parts of south-eastern Turkey after 28 elected mayors in largely Kurdish towns were removed from office. <br/><br/>They were removed using an emergency law that came into force earlier this month following July's failed coup. <br/>The mayors are being replaced by trustees appointed by the government. Tens of thousands of people have been purged from government jobs since the coup, accused of links to terrorist organisations. <br/><br/>Some 200 people were dispersed by tear gas and water cannon after gathering outside the city hall in Suruc. <br/> <br/>Four people, including a Deputy Mayor, were detained after a skirmish in Hakkari province. <br/><br/>Some Turkish media reports said that the internet and electricity had been cut off in the affected cities.<br/><br/>Turkey's Anadolu Agency said that, 24 of the removed mayors are suspected of links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). Another four are thought to be linked to Fethullah Gulen, the US-based cleric accused by the government of being behind the coup attempt.