Tulay Hatımoğulları Oruç
Tulay Hatımoğulları Oruç | |
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Member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey | |
Assumed office 2018 | |
Parliamentary group | HDP |
Constituency | Hatay |
Co-Chair of the Socialist Refoundation Party | |
Assumed office 2016 Serving with | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1977 Samandağ, Antakya |
Alma mater | Anadolu University |
Tulay Hatımoğulları Oruç (born 1977) is a Turkish economist and politician. She is the Co-Chair of the Socialist Refoundation Party (SYKP) and a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey.
Early life and education[]
Tulay Hatımoğulları Oruç was born in Samandag, Hatay province in 1977[1] and studied economics at the Anadolu University.[1]
Political career[]
Her adherence to political socialism defined itself during high school.[2] Tulay Hatımoğulları Oruç was elected Co-Chair of the SYKP in 2016.[3] In the parliamentary elections of June 2018 she was elected to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey representing the Hatay Province for the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP).[4] On the 17 March 2021, the Turkish state prosecutor before the Court of Cassation, Bekir Şahin filed a lawsuit at the Constitutional Court demanding for her and 686 other politicians a five-year ban for political activities.[5]
Political views[]
As the Co-Chair of the Religion and Faith Commission of the HDP,[6] she defends the protection of the cultural rights of the minorities in Turkey according to the Treaty of Lausanne from 1923.[7] She opposed the deployment of Turkish troops to Libya.[8] She is also on the view that Kurdistan exists, which in November 2021 prompted a trilateral discussion between her, fellow HDP Politician Garo Paylan, and the Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar who denied the existence of a Kurdistan, be it in Turkey or Iraq.[9]
Personal life[]
She was raised in an Arab household and identifies as a feminist and an Alevi.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b "Tülay Hatımoğulları Oruç". www.biyografya.com. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
- ^ a b "Arap, Alevi, Sosyalist, Feminist Bir Vekil Adayı". Bianet. 8 June 2018.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "SYKP'nin 2. Olağan Konferansı yapıldı". Bianet. 5 July 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Adana Seçim Sonuçları - Genel Seçim 2018 Adana Sonucu". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). 2021-08-18. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "HDP indictment seeks political ban for 687 members, including Demirtaş, Buldan and Sancar". Bianet. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ SCF (2021-08-03). "Pro-Kurdish party calls on Turkey to recognize Yazidi massacre as genocide". Stockholm Center for Freedom. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
- ^ "Christian Cemetery in Hatay Shown as 'Green Space' in Zoning Plan". SAT-7 TÜRK HABER (in Turkish). 2019-12-23. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
- ^ "Turkish parliament approves motion on sending troops to Libya". Gazete Duvar (in Turkish). 2020-02-01. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Turkish Defense Minister denies existence of Iraqi Kurdistan". Gazete Duvar (in Turkish). 2021-11-17. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
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- 1977 births
- Living people
- People from Samandağ
- Turkish feminists
- Peoples' Democratic Party (Turkey) politicians
- 21st-century Turkish women politicians
- 21st-century Turkish politicians