Rıdvan Turan (born 1 January 1971) is a
Turkish
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politician from the
Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), who serves as a
Member of Parliament for
Mersin
Mersin () is a large city and port on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast of Mediterranean Region, Turkey, southern Turkey. It is the provincial capital of the Mersin Province (formerly İçel). It is made up of four district governorates ...
.
Born in
Reşadiye
Reşadiye is a town of Tokat Province, Turkey, located within the Cappadocia land within the Kızılırmak arc in the central part of the Black Sea region. It is the seat of Reşadiye District.[Tokat
Tokat is a city of Turkey in the mid-Black Sea region of Anatolia. It is the seat of Tokat Province and Tokat District.] , Turan graduated from
Uludağ University
Uludağ (), the ancient Mysian or Bithynian Olympus (Greek: Όλυμπος), is a mountain in Bursa Province, Turkey, with an elevation of .
In Turkish, ''Uludağ'' means "great mountain". In ancient times the range of which it is a part, ex ...
Faculty of Medicine in 1995. In 2008, he was elected as the leader of the
Socialist Democracy Party
Socialist Democracy Party (''Sosyalist Demokrasi Partisi'', SDP) was a socialist party in Turkey. Most of its members were formerly in an opposition grouping within ÖDP, named ''Sosyalist Eylem Platformu'' (Socialist Action Platform). They def ...
, which was a member of the
Peoples' Democratic Congress
The Peoples' Democratic Congress (, HDK) is a union of numerous left-wing political movements, organisations and parties in Turkey that aims to fundamentally recreate Turkish politics and represent oppressed, exploited individuals who face ethni ...
and was thus instrumental in the establishment of the
Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) in 2012. In Jul 2013 he was convicted to 6 years and 3 months imprisonment being a member of an illegal organization. The sentence was appealed. He was elected Member of Parliament for the HDP in the
June 2015 general election but lost his seat in the snap election held on
1 November 2015.
He regained a seat in the
2018 parliamentary election representing Mersin.
See also
*
25th Parliament of Turkey
This is a list of members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the Grand National Assembly for the 25th Parliament of the Republic of Turkey at the June 2015 general election, which was held on 7 June 2015.
Electoral districts are ordered in alphabet ...
References
External links
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Peoples' Democratic Party (Turkey) politicians
Deputies of Adana
Members of the 25th Parliament of Turkey
Living people
People from Tokat
1971 births
Members of the 27th Parliament of Turkey