Semra Çağlar Gökalp (1988, Kayalıbağ, Turkey) is a human rights activist and politician of the Green Left Party (YSP). Since June 2023, she is a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey.

Early life and education

Semra Çağlar Gökalp was born in the village Kayalıbağ in Bitlis in 1988 where she spent the first years of her childhood.[1] In the 1990s she had to migrate to Antalya where she graduated from primary school and high school.[1] Later she studied English language at the Yücüncü Yıl University.[2]

Professional career

Following, Semra Çağlar Gökalp was employed at the Van Municipality in the office of foreign relations and the European Union[1][2] until in 2017, the Governor of Van replaced the elected mayor. In February 2017, she was dimissed with over 200 other employees of the municipality.[3] In 2021, she was elected into the Board of Directors of the Antalya branch of the Human Rights Association Antalya.[4]

Political career

In the parliamentary elections of May 2023, she was elected into the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, representing Bitlis for the YSP:[5] She is in favor gender equality and supports the implementation of a co-leadership of a woman and a man at all political levels.[2] She aims to defend women's and prisoners rights in parliament[2] and opposes the imprisonment of the former leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (HDP) Selahattin Demirtas.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Yeşil Sol Parti adayı Gökalp: Sandıkları aydınlatacağız, çalamayacaklar". Artı Gerçek (in Turkish). 2023-04-26. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Gökalp: We will stand against rights violations". Firat News Agency. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  3. ↑ "Büyükşehir Belediyesi eski Genel Sekreteri Mustafa Yalçın Van'da göreve hızlı başladı". Kayseri News (in Turkish). 2017-02-13. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  4. ↑ "İHD ANTALYA YENİ YÖNETİMİNİ BELİRLEDİ". Gazete Grafiti (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  5. ↑ Şafak, Yeni (2023-12-06). "Bitlis Election Results - 2023 General Elections Bitlis Vote Shares | LIVE". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  6. ↑ Şafak, Yeni. "HDP'li Semra Çağlar Gökalp hapisteki PKK'lılara özgürlük sözü verdi: Cezaevlerinden tek tek çıkaracağız". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-06-12.
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