Tunahan Kuzu

Tunahan Kuzu (born 5 June 1981) is a Turkish-born Dutch politician. He is a former member of the Labour Party (PvdA). He has been an MP since 20 September 2012. On 13 November 2014 Kuzu and Selçuk Öztürk left the Labour Party and formed the Group Kuzu/Öztürk, later renamed Denk ("Think").[1] On 18 November 2014, he became Parliamentary group leader. In the 2017 Dutch general election, the party secured three seats in the House of Representatives.

Tünahan Küzü
Tunahan Kuzu in 2011
Member of the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 September 2012
Leader of Denk in the House of Representatives
In office 9 February 2015 – 21 March 2020
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Farid Azarkan
Member of the municipal council of Rotterdam
In office 22 May 2008 – 27 September 2012
Personal details
Born	(1981-06-05) 5 June 1981 Istanbul, Turkey
Political party	Labour Party (2012–2014) Independent (2014–2015) Denk (2015–present)
Residence	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Alma mater	Erasmus University Rotterdam

Kuzu grew up in Maassluis and studied public administration at Erasmus University Rotterdam. He worked as a health care advisor for PricewaterhouseCoopers, and was also a member of the municipal council of Rotterdam from 2008 to 2012.

Kuzu attracted international attention in September 2016 when he refused to shake the hand of Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu before a meeting at the States General of the Netherlands. In a statement posted to Facebook Kuzu explained his action as a protest against human rights abuses committed against Palestinian civilians in the Palestinian territories.[2][3]