Saliha Aydeniz

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Saliha Aydeniz
Member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Assumed office
June 2018
ConstituencyDiyarbakır
Co-Chair of the Democratic Regions Party
Assumed office
December 2019
Preceded bySebahat Tuncel
Personal details
Born1973
Ergani, Diyarbakır
Political partyDBP
Other political
affiliations		HDP

Saliha Aydeniz (born 1973, Ergani, Turkey[1]) is a Kurdish politician of the Democratic Regions Party (DBP) and a current member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. Since November 2019, she is the co-chair of the DBP.[2]

Education and early life[]

She received her primary education in Ergani, Diyarbakır and graduated as a nurse from the health institute in Diyarbakır.[3] Following she worked as a nurse in Dargeçit, Mardin.[1] She also presided over the Trade Union of Public Employees in Health and Social Services and was a member of the Democratic Society Congress (DTK).[4]

Political career[]

She was elected to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey representing the HDP for Diyarbakır in the Parliamentary Election in June 2018.[5] On the 30 November 2019, she assumed as a Co-Chair of HDPs sister-party the DBP following which she left the HDP.[2] With her membership of the DBP, the party became the 10th party represented in the Turkish Parliament.[2] As an MP she is for a solution for a political solution for the Kurdish-Turkish conflict and supports that the Turkish opposition makes a more constructive approach to the Kurdish demands on Kurdish language and culture.[6] She doesn't go to Ankara often and laments that the demands for an improvement of the human rights in the Turkish Kurdistan are seldomly answered in the Turkish Parliament.[7]

Personal life[]

She is married and has two children.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Salihe Aydeniz". Grand National Assembly of Turkey. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
  2. ^ a b c "HDP's sister party DBP becomes 10th party in Turkish parliament". Gazete Duvar. 2019-12-20. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
  3. ^ a b "Saliha Aydeniz kimdir? - Yeni Akit". Yeni Akit (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-06-15.
  4. ^ Söylemez, Ayça (25 July 2017). "Doctors Arrested in Diyarbakır; Operations, Medical Control of Patients Cancelled". Bianet.
  5. ^ "DİYARBAKIR İli Cumhurbaşkanı Seçimi ve Milletvekili Seçimi Sonuçları". Haberler.com (in Turkish). June 2018. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
  6. ^ Şah Oruç, Mehmet (17 April 2021). "Aydeniz: Opposition that doesn't approach the Kurdish problem with courage can not come to power". Mezapotamya Ajansi. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
  7. ^ Molina, Fabian (2018-10-19). "Keine Melonen-Feste mehr". P.S. (in German). Retrieved 2021-06-15.
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