Figen Yüksekdağ
| Figen Yüksekdağ Şenoğlu MP |
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| Chairwoman of the Peoples' Democratic Party | |
| Assumed office 22 June 2014 Serving with Selahattin Demirtaş |
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| Preceded by | Ertuğrul Kürkçü & Sebahat Tuncel |
| Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
| Assumed office 7 June 2015 |
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| Constituency | Van (June 2015, Nov 2015) |
| Leader of the Socialist Party of the Oppressed | |
| In office 29 January 2010 – 7 September 2014 |
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| Preceded by | party established |
| Succeeded by | Sultan Ulusoy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1971 Adana, Turkey |
| Political party | Socialist Party of the Oppressed (2010–2014) Peoples' Democratic Party (2014–present) |
Figen Yüksekdağ Şenoğlu[1][2] (born 1971) is the current co-leader of the left-wing Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) of Turkey as of 2014, serving alongside Selahattin Demirtaş.
Biography
Yüksekdağ was born in Gölovası, Yumurtalık, Adana Province, into an ethnically Turkish Sunni farming family.[3][4]
She was an independent parliamentary candidate for the Adana electoral district in the 2002 general election. She was involved in women's rights movements for several years before becoming the editor of the Socialist Woman magazine. While serving on the board of the Atılım newspaper, she was taken into custody in 2009 due to her political activity. She cofounded the Socialist Party of the Oppressed (ESP)[5] shortly after in 2010 and resigned as leader in 2014 to join the HDP, with which the ESP merged later the same year. During the second ordinary congress of the HDP, she was elected the co-leader of the HDP.[6]
See also
References
- ↑ ESP Genel Başkanı; Figen Yüksekdağ
- ↑ EZİLENLERİN SOSYALİST PARTİSİ (ESP)
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