Çağlar Demirel

Çağlar Demirel (born 29 July 1969, Kulp, Turkey[1]) is a Turkish politician of Kurdish origin and a former member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP).[2]

Çağlar Demirel
Member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
In office
2015–2016
Personal details
Born29 July 1969
Kulp, Diyarbakır
Political partyHDP
Alma materDicle University

Early life and education

Çağlar Demirel was born the Kulp in the Diyarbakır province. After she graduated from Dicle University in 1995[2] she was an adviser on health care for several women and governmental institutions in Turkey.[2] She was also a supporter of the improvement of women's rights and education.[2]

Political career

She was elected as the Mayor of Derik, Mardin in the municipal elections of 2009 for the Democratic Society Party (DTP).[3] After DTP was banned in December 2009[4] she joined Peace and Democracy Party (BDP).[5] She was detained together with more than 100 other politicians of the BDP in October 2011 due to an investigation into the activities of the Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK).[6] While in prison, she joined a hunger strike in protest of the detention conditions of Abdullah Öcalan, the detained leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party.[7] She was elected to the Turkish parliament in the general elections of June 2015[8] and re-elected In the snap elections of November 2015, both times representing the HDP for Diarbakir.[9] Following, she became the vice-chair of the HDP parliamentarian group.[10] As such she supported the peace process between the Turkish Government and the PKK.[11]

On the 14 December 2016 Bianet reported that Demirel was arrested and prosecuted for membership in propagandizing for a terrorist organization.[12] In July 2017, she was sentenced to 7 years and 6 months imprisonment for being a member of a terrorist organization.[13]

References
  1. "Çağlar Demirel". www.tbmm.gov.tr. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  2. "ÇAĞLAR DEMİREL Haberleri - Yazılar, Videolar ve Galeri - Habertürk". www.haberturk.com. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  3. "DERİK SEÇİM SONUÇLARI". secim.haberler.com. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  4. Arsu, Sebnem (2009-12-12). "Turkey Bans Kurdish Party (Published 2009)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  5. Life, Mardin. "BDP'li Çağlar Demirel tutuklandı". Mardin Life (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  6. "English :: KCK Operation: 137 People in Custody". m.bianet.org. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  7. "Turkey-North Kurdistan News in brief. October 31, 2012". ekurd.net. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  8. Şafak, Yeni (2021-01-16). "Diyarbakır Seçim Sonuçları 2015 - Genel Seçim 2015". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  9. "1 Kasım Diyarbakır Seçim Sonuçları Son Durum". www.sozcu.com.tr. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  10. "The Arrest of HDP Deputies Ms. Çağlar Demirel and Ms. Besime Konca". hdp.org.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  11. "Erdogan: Gov't never made deal with terror organization". Anadolu Ajansı. 24 April 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  12. "HDP Group Deputy Chair Çağlar Demirel Arrested". Bianet - Bagimsiz Iletisim Agi. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  13. SCF (2017-07-14). "Jailed HDP deputy Demirel given 90-month prison sentence on terror charges". Stockholm Center for Freedom. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
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