Fatma Kaplan Hürriyet

Fatma Kaplan Hürriyet (born 20 March 1982) is a Turkish lawyer and politician from the Republican People's Party (CHP) who served as the Member of Parliament for Kocaeli from June 2015 till her election as Mayor of İzmit in the 2019 local elections.[2]

Fatma Kaplan Hürriyet
Mayor of İzmit
Assumed office
15 April 2019
Preceded byİbrahim Karaosmanoğlu
Member of the Grand National Assembly
In office
7 June 2015  29 April 2019
ConstituencyKocaeli (June 2015, Nov 2015, 2018)
Personal details
Born
Fatma Kaplan

(1982-03-20) 20 March 1982
Çerkezköy, Tekirdağ, Turkey
NationalityTurkish
Political partyRepublican People's Party (CHP)
İyi Party (2018)
Spouse(s)Murat Hürriyet [1]
Alma materKocaeli University
OccupationPolitician and lawyer
ProfessionLaw

In January 2017, Fatma Kaplan Hürriyet was allegedly strangled by AKP Parliamentary Group Leader Mustafa Elitaş after she filmed Elitaş and Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım casting open votes at parliamentary voting for constitutional amendments.[3]

Hürriyet was one of 15 CHP deputies to join the İyi Party on 21 April 2018.[4] She rejoined the CHP less than a month later.

In the 2019 local elections, Hürriyet was elected mayor of İzmit with 50% of the vote.[5] She was sworn in on April 15.[6]

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