Nihat Akdoğan (born 9 March 1980, Hakkâri, Turkey) is a Turkish politician of Kurdish descent. He was a politician of the Democratic Society Party (DTP) and a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey for the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP).
Nihat Akdoğan | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey | |
| In office June 2015 – June 2018 | |
| Constituency | Hakkari |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 March 1980 Hakkari |
| Political party | Peoples' Democratic Party |
| Alma mater | Anadolu University |
Education
editAkdoğan was born in Hakkari, where he attended high school.[1] Later he graduated from Anadolu University in Eskişehir in Public Administration[1]
Political career
editHe was involved in the DTP. In the parliamentary elections of June[2] and the snap election in November 2015 he was elected as an MP representing the HDP for Hakkari.[3] He was arrested on the 7 November 2016 in Hakkari,[4] and was transferred to the Silivri prison in Istanbul where he was held in solitary confinement.[5] His arrest caused some controversy as Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş reported his "capture" at the entrance of Hakkari,[6][7] while Akdoğan responded that he was arrested in the city centre, which was about 80 km from the location he shall have been captured.[8] He was released in April 2017.[9] For the electoral campaign towards the parliamentary elections in 2018, Akdoğan was a member of a HDP delegation which toured Iraqi Kurdistan demanding the support from the local Kurdish population.[10] In the local elections of March 2019, he was a candidate for Sultanbeyli in Istanbul, but not elected.[11]
References
edit- ^ a b "Nihat Akdoğan Kimdir? - Nihat Akdoğan Hayatı ve Biyografisi". Haberler.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-12-29.
- ^ "Hakkari Seçim Sonuçları - 7 Haziran 2015 Genel Seçimleri | SABAH". Sabah. Retrieved 2021-12-29.
- ^ "Hakkari 2015 Kasım Resmi Seçim Sonuçları". Seçim Atlası (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-12-29.
- ^ "HDP's Hakkari MP Akdoğan Arrested". Bianet. 7 November 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ "The HDP's Nihat Akdoğan: The whole country is losing". Cumhuriyet. Retrieved 2021-12-29.
- ^ "Turkey arrests another Kurdish lawmaker". www.kurdistan24.net. Retrieved 2021-12-29.
- ^ Kutlügün, Satuk Bugra (7 November 2016). "Another HDP deputy remanded in custody in terror probe". Anadolu Ajansı. Retrieved 2021-12-29.
- ^ "Arrested HDP Deputy Akdoğan Responds to Vice PM Kurtulmuş". Bianet. 10 November 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ "Arrested HDP MP Akdoğan Released". Bianet. 26 April 2017.
- ^ "HDP appeals for support in pre-election visit to Kurdistan Region". Rudaw. 10 June 2018. Retrieved 2021-12-29.
- ^ "2019 Seçimleri - 31 Mart 2019 İstanbul Sultanbeyli - Nihat Akdoğan - Yerel Seçim Belediye Sonuçları". www.haberler.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-12-29.