Fatma Kurtulan (born 1 March 1964, Kahramanmaras, Turkey) is a Turkish Kurd politician of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) in Turkey.
Fatma Kurtulan | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
| Assumed office 8 July 2018 | |
| Constituency | Mersin (2018) |
| In office 10 August 2007 – 12 June 2011 | |
| Constituency | Van (2007) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 1, 1964 Kahramanmaraş, Turkey |
| Political party | Peoples' Democratic Party |
| Occupation | Politician |
After graduating from Pazarcık high school, Kurtulan worked on social projects in the Küçükdikili municipality in Adana. A former president of the women's branch of People's Democracy Party (HADEP),[1] in July 2007, Kurtulan stood as an independent candidate in the Turkish parliamentary elections and entered the Turkish Parliament (Grand National Assembly of Turkey). She then joined the Democratic Society Party (DTP).
On 9 November 2007 the Turkish chief public prosecutor launched an investigation into her activities, after she visited Iraq with two other DTP politicians to obtain the release of eight Turkish soldiers held by Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) forces.[2] The prosecutor requested that the Turkish Parliament remove the parliamentary immunity of all three MPs.
In the same month she admitted being married to a PKK member, adding that her husband, Samlan Kurtulan, who the media reported to be in a PKK guerrilla camp in northern Iraq, had been away for 13 years and that she remained married only on paper.[3][4]
In May 2009 she called for an investigation into police violence against children.[5]
In January 2012 she was arrested in connection with the KCK trials and subsequently sentenced to 10 Months in prison in April 2012[6] She was a candidate for the HDP in the Parliamentary Election 2018 and was elected MP for Mersin.[7]
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edit- ^ "Meet Our Women Parliamentarians". Bianet. 13 January 2007. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
- ^ Taylor, Gordon (10 May 2007). "Alice in Turkeyland". Progressive historians. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
- ^ "Kurdish MP admits husband with PKK". Institut Kurde de Paris. 9 November 2007. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
- ^ "DTP stives to contain 'terrorist husband' crisis". Today's Zaman. 9 November 2007. Archived from the original on 7 February 2008. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
- ^ "Kurdish MP brings police violence to Parliament". Bianet. 10 May 2009. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
- ^ "Former deputy Kurtulan sentenced to 10 months in prison". ANF News. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
- ^ Şafak, Yeni (2 April 2019). "Mersin Erdemli Genel Seçim Sonuçları | Genel Seçim 2018 Mersin Erdemli". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 3 February 2019.
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