Berdan Öztürk
MP
Member of the Grand National Assembly
Assumed office
7 June 2015
ConstituencyAğrı (June 2015, Nov 2015, 2018)
Co-Chair of the Democratic Society Congress
Assumed office
September 2017
Serving with Leyla Güven
Personal details
NationalityTurkey Turkish
Political partyPeoples' Democratic Party (HDP)
Alma materMarmara University
OccupationPolitician

Berdan Öztürk is a Turkish politician from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), who has served as a Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Ağrı since 7 June 2015.

Early life and career

Öztürk graduated from Marmara University Faculty of Law. After a year in legal work experience, he pursued a master's degree in the University of London, specialising in International Arbitration and Commercial Law. He is a freelance lawyer since 2011 and is currently pursuing a Doctorate.[1]

Political career

In the June 2015 general election, Öztürk was elected as a Member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey representing the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) for Ağrı.[2] He was re-elected in the snap elections of November 2015 general elections,[3] and the 2018 parliamentary elections.[4] During the 8th congress of the Democratic Society Congress (DTK) on the 16 September 2017, he and Leyla Güven were elected its Co-Chairs.[5]

Prosecution

In 2016 an investigation was launched against Öztürk for participating in a funeral of five militants of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). He was acquitted in May 2018.[6] Due to a statement concerning the Turkish invasion of north eastern Syria he is investigated for terrorist propaganda since 2019.[7] The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) condemned his prosecution and demanded an explanation from the Turkish authorities.[8] On the 17 March 2021, the Turkish state prosecutor before the Court of Cassation Bekir Şahin filed a lawsuit before the Constitutional Court demanding for him and 686 other HDP politicians a five-year ban for political activities.[9] The lawsuit was returned to the prosecutors office on the 31 March, as the indictment did not meet the legal requirements.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Biyografi". Haberler.com. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "AĞRI SEÇİM SONUÇLARI - 1 KASIM 2015 GENEL SEÇİM SONUÇLARI". secim.haberler.com. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
  3. ↑ "Ağrı Seçim Sonuçları - Genel Seçim 2018 Ağrı Sonucu". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). 2019-05-11. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
  4. ↑ "Ağrı Seçim Sonuçları - Genel Seçim 2018 Ağrı Sonucu". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). 2019-05-11. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
  5. ↑ "English – DEMOKRATİK TOPLUM KONGRESİ" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2021-06-24. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
  6. ↑ SCF (2018-05-08). "Turkish court gives pro-Kurdish HDP's Taşdemir suspended sentence for 'terror propaganda'". Stockholm Center for Freedom. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
  7. ↑ "Pro-Kurdish leaders investigated by Turkey for opposing Syrian offensive". Ahval. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
  8. ↑ "Turkey: Harassment of several HRDs as a reprisal for their calls for peace and respect of human rights in the context of the "Operation Peace Spring"". International Federation for Human Rights. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
  9. ↑ "HDP indictment seeks political ban for 687 members, including Demirtaş, Buldan and Sancar". Bianet. Archived from the original on 2021-03-18. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
  10. ↑ "Turkish court sends indictment seeking ban of pro-Kurdish party back to prosecutor". Reuters. 2021-03-31. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
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