Semra Güzel
Semra Güzel | |
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Member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey | |
Assumed office June 2018 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1984 Viransehir |
Political party | HDP |
Alma mater | Harran University |
Semra Güzel (born, 1984, Viranşehir, Turkey) is a medical doctor and a politician, member of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (Turkish
Parliament)
Early life and education[]
She was born in Viransehir in the province of Sanliurfa where she attended primary and secondary education.[1] She graduated from the University of Harran where she studied medicine.[1] She then was employed at the Children's and Gynecological Hospital of Mardin in May 2009 and by November 2010 she became a medic in Nusaybin, Mardin province.[2] In 2012, she followed up on her studies at the Anesthetics and Reanimation department of the Gazi Yasargil Hospital in Diyarbakir.[2] Additionally, she served as a Member of the Board and a Co-Chair in the Medical Chamber of Diyarbakir.[1]
Political career[]
She was elected to the Turkish Parliament in the parliamentary elections of 2018, representing the HDP for Diyarbakir.[3] In parliament she was concerned on issues concerning health and the Kurdish language. She questioned the fact that Health Ministry's medical hotline didn't provide a service in the Kurdish language but in other languages[4] and also that the Health Cards issued in a hospital in Elazig were in 17 languages but excluded the Kurdish language which is spoken by a considerable population in the province of Elazig and also in Turkey.[5] Due to press reports which showed her together with a member of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Özgür Özel of the Republican People's Party (CHP) mentioned the party would approve the lifting of her parliamentary immunity.[6] She defended herself claiming that she had been engaged to Volkan Bora and as they met in 2014, it was during the peace process between the PKK and Turkey.[3][2]
Personal life[]
She was engaged to the PKK militant Volkan Bora, who was killed in a Turkish airstrike in Adiyaman.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b c "TÜRKİYE BÜYÜK MİLLET MECLİSİ". www5.tbmm.gov.tr. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
- ^ a b c d "Parliamentary Speaker says HDP's Güzel 'should be stripped of legislative immunity'". Bianet. 11 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ a b Şafak, Yeni (2022-01-26). "Diyarbakır Seçim Sonuçları - Genel Seçim 2018 Diyarbakır Sonucu". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-01-26.
- ^ "Health Ministry scrutinized over lack of Kurdish-language services". Gazete Duvar. 2020-01-16. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
- ^ "Parliamentary Question Regarding Exclusion of Kurdish from 17-Language Health Card". Bianet. 25 January 2019.
- ^ "CHP to vote in favor of lifting HDP deputy Güzel's immunity". Daily Sabah. 2022-01-20. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
- Living people
- 1984 births
- People from Viranşehir
- 21st-century Turkish women politicians
- Peoples' Democratic Party (Turkey) politicians
- Members of the 27th Parliament of Turkey