Burcu Çelik Özkan
Burcu Çelik Özkan | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 January 1986 |
| Citizenship | Turkish |
| Alma mater | Marmara University |
| Title | Member of Parliament |
| Political party | Peoples' Democratic Party |
Burcu Çelik Özkan (born 1 January 1986, Muş[1]) is a former member of the Turkish parliament for the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP).
Education and professional career[edit]
Burcu Çelik Özkan has a law degree from the Marmara University. After she worked as a lawyer and was involved in the Libertarian Jurists Platform.[1]
Political career[edit]
Özkan was active in the local HDP branch of Beylikdüzü before being elected into parliament. Özkan was elected as an MP for Muş in the general elections in June 2015[2] and again in the snap elections in November 2015.[3] During her term she was a defender of LGBT rights[4]
Prosecution[edit]
Özkan was arrested in April 2017. She was condemned to 6 years imprisonment in a first trial for "committing crimes on behalf of an illegal organization without being a member", a sentence she appealed. In October 2017 the sentence was overturned and in February 2018 a new trial was ordered to take place.[1] On 10 April 2018, an appeal court in Turkey handed opposition MP Burcu Çelik Özkan a sentence of more than seven years in prison for terrorism propaganda.[5] On the 6 October 2019 the verdict was overruled by the court of cassation and she was subsequently released.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Regional Court Overturns HDP MP's Prison Sentence". Bianet. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- ^ Şafak, Yeni (2019-12-12). "Muş Seçim Sonuçları 2015 - Genel Seçim 2015". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-12-11.
- ^ Şafak, Yeni (2019-12-12). "Muş Seçim Sonuçları 2015 - Genel Seçim Kasım 2015". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-12-11.
- ^ Muedini, Fait (2018-12-06). LGBTI Rights in Turkey: Sexuality and the State in the Middle East. Cambridge University Press. p. 59. ISBN 978-1-108-41724-2.
- ^ "Turkish appeals court sentences opposition parliamentarian to seven years". Ahval. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
- ^ "Former HDP Muş MP Özkan Released". Bianet. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
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