Figen Yüksekdağ
| Figen Yüksekdağ MP | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Chairwoman of the Peoples' Democratic Party | |
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In office 22 June 2014 – 9 March 2017 Serving with Selahattin Demirtaş | |
| Preceded by |
Ertuğrul Kürkçü & Sebahat Tuncel |
| Succeeded by | Serpil Kemalbay |
| Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
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In office 7 June 2015 – 21 February 2017 | |
| Constituency | Van (June 2015, Nov 2015) |
| Leader of the Socialist Party of the Oppressed | |
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In office 29 January 2010 – 7 September 2014 | |
| Preceded by | party established |
| Succeeded by | Sultan Ulusoy |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Figen Yüksekdağ Şenoğlu 1971 Adana, Turkey |
| Political party |
Socialist Party of the Oppressed (2010–2014) Peoples' Democratic Party (2014–present) |
Figen Yüksekdağ Şenoğlu[1][2] (born 1971) was a former co-leader of the left-wing Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) of Turkey from 2014 to 2017, serving alongside Selahattin Demirtaş. She was a Member of Parliament for Van since the June 2015 general election until her parliamentary membership was revoked by the courts on 21 February 2017.[3] Her party membership and therefore her co-leadership position were revoked by the courts on 9 March 2017 following a six-year prison sentence for allegedly distributing terrorist propaganda.[4]
Life and work
Yüksekdağ was born in Gölovası, Yumurtalık, Adana Province, into an ethnically Turkish Sunni farming family.[5][6]
She was an independent parliamentary candidate for the Adana electoral district in the 2002 general election. She was involved in women's rights movements for several years before becoming the editor of the Socialist Woman magazine. While serving on the board of the Atılım newspaper, she was taken into custody in 2009 due to her political activity. She cofounded the Socialist Party of the Oppressed (ESP)[7] shortly after in 2010 and resigned as leader in 2014 to join the HDP, with which the ESP merged later the same year. During the second ordinary congress of the HDP, she was elected the co-leader of the HDP.[8]
See also
References
- ↑ ESP Genel Başkanı; Figen Yüksekdağ
- ↑ EZİLENLERİN SOSYALİST PARTİSİ (ESP)
- ↑ http://www.milliyet.com.tr/figen-yuksekdag-in-milletvekilligi-siyaset-2400426/
- ↑ http://www.dw.com/tr/figen-yüksekdağın-hdp-üyeliği-düşürüldü/a-37874506
- ↑ Laura Secorun Palet (6 April 2015). "Meet Figen Yüksekdağ, Turkey's Political Firestarter". Huffigton Post. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
- ↑ Pinar Tremblay (11 February 2015). "Kurdish women’s movement reshapes Turkish politics". Al-Monitor. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
- ↑ Yvo Fitzherbert (21 July 2015). "Suruç massacre: today we mourn, tomorrow we rebuild". Roar Magazine. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- ↑ "ESP'nin Genel Başkanı Bir Kadın: Figen Yüksekdağ - kadın-lgbti". Bianet - Bagimsiz Iletisim Agi.