Dersim Dağ (born 2 February 1996[1]) is a politician of the Peoples Democratic Party (HDP) and a member of the Turkish Parliament. She was 22 years of age when elected, and at the time was one of the youngest parliamentarians.
Dersim Dağ | |
|---|---|
 Dağ in 2023 | |
| Assembly Member for Diyarbakır | |
| Assumed office June 2018 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 February 1996 Bismil |
| Citizenship | Turkish |
| Nationality | Kurdish |
| Education | Mardin Artuklu University |
Early life and education
editDağ was born into a Kurdish family in Aşağıdolay village in Bismil District[2] and has 12 siblings.[3] Her father was a farmer.[3] In the late 1990s, her family was forced to move Istanbul, where she grew up.[3] She studies Kurdish language at the Artuklu University in Mardin.[3]
Political career
editAs to her own account, she was born into a political family and hence became interested in politics at a young age.[3] In the parliamentary elections of June 2018, she was elected a Member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, representing the HDP for Diyarbakır.[4] With both being 22 years of age, Dağ and Rümeysa Kadak of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) were the youngest MPs elected.[5] In parliament, she is a member of the education, youth and culture commission.[6]
Political views
editShe defends press freedom,[7] demands better housing conditions for students at the university,[8] is a supporter of education in the Kurdish language and laments the closure of the Kurdish language educational centers Zarokistan set up by the Municipalities run by the fraternal party of the HDP,[9] the Democratic Regions Party (DBP). On 3 March 2019 she announced she would participate in a hunger strike begun by her fellow HDP MP Leyla Güven in protest of the detention conditions of the former leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) Abdullah Öcalan.[10] The same day the HDP office in Diyarbakır was raided by Turkish authorities and several hunger-strikers were detained.[11][12] In May Dag ended her hunger strike as their demands were met and Öcalan was able to receive a visit.[13]
Personal life
editHer brother Mazlum Dag has been sentenced to death for murdering a Turkish diplomat in Erbil, Kurdistan Region.[14]
References
edit- ^ Kamer, Hatice (2018-06-30). "Dersim Dağ: Gençlerin ve kadınların sözcüsü olacağım". BBC (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2022-01-18. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
- ^ "Une députée de 22 ans veut être la voix des jeunes" (in French). 25 June 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- ^ a b c d e Değirmenci, Bircan (12 June 2018). "HDP's 22-Year-Old MP Candidate Dersim Dağ On Way to Parliament". Bianet. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ "Diyarbakır Seçim Sonuçları - 24 Haziran 2018 Genel Seçimleri". Sabah. Archived from the original on 2019-01-09. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
- ^ Sevinç, Özgenur (2018-06-29). "New Parliament welcomes more women in politics to improve Turkey's governance". Daily Sabah. Archived from the original on 2018-06-29. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
- ^ "Dersim Dağ kimdir? - Yeni Akit". Yeni Akit (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2022-01-18. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
- ^ "Dersim Dağ: Money spent by Turkey's government 'on war pushes people to the edge'". Medya News. 2021-05-17. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
- ^ "Opposition's Parliamentary inquiry into housing problem rejected by AKP, MHP". Bianet. 6 October 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
- ^ Faidhi Dri, Karwan (22 July 2020). "Silencing of the Kurdish language in modern Turkey: who is to blame?". Rudaw. Archived from the original on 2020-07-25. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
- ^ "Pro-Kurdish HDP lawmaker joins hunger strike for Öcalan". Ahval. 3 March 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-05-20.
- ^ "Turkish police raid HDP office, arrest 7 hunger strikers". Rudaw. Archived from the original on 2019-03-13. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
- ^ "Protesters Join Kurdish Lawmaker on Hunger Strike". VOA. 5 March 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
- ^ "Kurdish hunger strike ends in victory". Peoples Dispatch. 2019-05-29. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
- ^ Faidhi Dri, Karwan (23 September 2020). "Erbil court releases two convicted of being accessories to murder of Turkish official: lawyer". Rudaw. Archived from the original on 2020-10-05. Retrieved 2022-01-18.