Sadet Karabulut (born 28 April 1975) is a Dutch

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and former

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and

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of Kurdish descent. As a member of the

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(Socialistische Partij), she has been an MP since 30 November 2006. She focuses on matters of

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(

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s), female emancipation, and

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Biography

Karabulut was born as the daughter of a Turkish-Kurdish

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. Her parents were of

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origin, but at home religion did not play an important role, and in her teens Karabulut decided that she did not believe in God. Karabulut studied

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Erasmus University Rotterdam Erasmus University Rotterdam ( ; abbreviated as EUR) is a public research university located in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The university is named after Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, a 15th-century Christian humanist and theologian. Erasmus M ...

and

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at the

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. She was active in the Dutch National Students' Trade Union (LSVb), and board member at the Orion Foundation (Public Kingma School for special education). Since 2005, she has been a member of the Socialist Party. From March till November 2006, she was a member of the

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. In February 2013, Karabulut stated she would refuse to pledge loyalty to the soon-to-be-King, Dutch Crown Prince Willem Alexander, during his inauguration ceremony. She cited that the procedure was overly ceremonial as she had already pledged allegiance when she was admitted to the House of Representatives. She is also a convinced republican. From August to November 2013, Karabulut temporarily left the House of Representatives on a maternity leave and was replaced by

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. She returned later that year. During the

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Karabulut was on the SP's candidate list's fifth place. When parliamentary leader

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stepped down in 2017, she announced her candidacy to lead the party in his stead. However, the majority of the parliamentary group chose

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, former leader

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's daughter. Karabulut is a leading member of the Dutch branch of the Democratic Workers' Clubs Federation (Demokratik Isci Dernekleri Federasyonu, DIDF).

Conflict in the Gaza Strip and call for intifada

In response to the 2008–09 Gaza War, SP Members of Parliament

Harry van Bommel Henricus "Harry" van Bommel (born 24 June 1962) is a Dutch politician, anti-globalisation activist and former educator. As a member of the Socialist Party (Socialistische Partij), he was an MP from May 1998 to March 2017. He focused on matter ...

and Karabulut together with

Gretta Duisenberg Gretta Duisenberg-Nieuwenhuizen (born 6 November 1942) is a Dutch pro-Palestinian political activist. She is the widow of Dutch Labour Party (PvdA) politician Wim Duisenberg, who was also the first president of the European Central Bank. Biogr ...

marched in a 3 January 2009 demonstration 3 januari 2009 against the

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i occupation of Palestine, calling upon Palestinians to launch an

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(uprising) against Israel. Both chanted the slogan "Intifada, intifada, free Palestine". This led to criticism from the

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, PVV and the Centre Information and Documentation Israel (CIDI, a Zionist organisation). SP parliamentary leader Agnes Kant also reprimanded Van Bommel and Karabulut. On 5 January 2009, Van Bommel stated that their call for an intifada had been misunderstood; he and Karabulut had meant a "non-violent intifada".Van Bommel bedoelde de 'geweldloze' intifada
''Trouw'', 5 January 2009

References

Parlement.com biography

Perdefinitie.nl biography

External links

House of Representatives biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Karabulut, Sadet 1975 births Living people Dutch atheists Dutch civil servants Dutch women civil servants Dutch former Muslims Dutch republicans Dutch people of Kurdish descent Trade unionists from Amsterdam Erasmus University Rotterdam alumni Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands) Dutch MPs 2017–2021 Dutch MPs 2006–2010 Dutch MPs 2010–2012 Dutch MPs 2012–2017 Municipal councillors of Amsterdam People from Dordrecht Socialist Party (Netherlands) politicians 21st-century Dutch women politicians