Orhan Miroğlu

Orhan Miroğlu (born 1 January 1953, Mardin, Turkey) is a Turkish politician of Mhallami descent from his father's side, and of Kurdish descent from his mother's side. He is a columnist for the Taraf daily newspaper as well as Today's Zaman.[1]

Orhan Miroğlu
Member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
In office
June 2015 – June 2018
ConstituencyMardin
Personal details
Born1 January 1953
Mardin
CitizenshipTurkish
NationalityKurdish
Political partyAKP

Education and early life

Orhan Miroglu spent his youth in Batman and Diyarbakır and following his graduation from the Diyarbakir Vocational School he was employed as a teacher for a year.[1] He was arrested in the aftermath of the coup d'état in 1980.[1] He was sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment for his involvement in the Socialist Party of Kurdistan.[1] He was released in 1988.[1] On the 20 September 1992, he was wounded during the assassination of Musa Anter,[2] which he says was carried out by the Turkish Gendarmerie's JITEM.[3]

Political career

He was involved in several pro-Kurdish parties like the Peoples Democratic Party (HADEP), the Democratic Peoples Party (DEHAP) or the Democratic Society Party (DTP). He was banned from politics for five years, following the 2009 closure of the Democratic Society Party (DTP).[4] Later he joined the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and was elected as a member of parliament representing Mardin in the parliamentary elections of June 2015,[5] and the following snap elections of November 2015.[6]

In January 2021, he claimed that Joe Biden, the president of the United States was actually a Kurd of the Biruki tribe.[7][8][9]

Professional career

Miroglu was a journalist for several newspapers such as the Taraf, the Zaman, Özgür Politika, or Radikal.

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Books
  • Dıjwar – Onlara Dair Her Şey (Avesta Yayınları, 2004)
  • Çapraz Ateşte İki Halk: Türkler ve Kürtler – Yeni Jeopolitika ve Nasyonalizm (Beybûn, 2005).
  • O'na Zarfsız Kuşlar Gönderin- Uğur KAYMAZ Kitabı (agorakitaplığı)
  • Kuşatmadan İnfaza: Musa Anter Cinayeti - on the 1992 assassination of Musa Anter.

References
  1. "Orhan Miroğlu Kimdir ? - Orhan Miroğlu Hayatı ve Biyografisi". www.haberler.com. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  2. Online, FOCUS. "Amtlich geschützter Terror". FOCUS Online (in German). Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  3. Hurriyet Daily News, 5 October 2010, Turkish enigma to remain one more mystery
  4. "Ve DTP kapatıldı!". Yüksekova Haber Portalı (in Turkish). 2009-12-11. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  5. "Seçim Sonuçları 2015: Mardin seçim sonuçları belli oldu!". www.sozcu.com.tr. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  6. "1 Kasım Mardin seçim sonuçları son dakika". www.sozcu.com.tr. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  7. "AKP'li Orhan Miroğlu: Biden, ABD'ye göç etmiş bir Kürt aileden geliyormuş". www.cumhuriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  8. "Orhan Miroğlu: Birileri Biden Kürt diyormuş... Takipçi: Bir de HDP'liymiş..." www.gazeteduvar.com.tr/ (in Turkish). 2021-01-22. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  9. "Orhan Miroglus tweet of the 21 January 2021".


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