Öztürk Türkdoğan (born 10 November 1969, Kars, Turkey) is a lawyer and Human Rights activist and politician. He was the head of the Turkish Human Rights Association (IHD), a member of the Wise People committee for the peace process in 2013 and for the parliamentary elections of May 2023, he has become a candidate to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey for the Green Left Party (YSP).
Öztürk Türkdogan was born in a village in Selim of Kars where he attended primary school later transferring to Erzurum where he completed primary school and began attending high school. [1] He moved a gain to Izmir, where he completed high school in Bergama. [1] After his graduation from the Health Vocational School in Yenisehir, he began working as a health officer in 1988. [1] The same year he began to study law at the Ankara University from where he graduated in 1994. [1]
Öztürk Türkdogan quit as a health officer in 1998, and following worked as a lawyer. [1] Since the same year he is a legal advisor to the Social Service Worker's Union (SES). [1] Between 2002 and 2009 he served as legal adviser to the Confederation of Public Employees' Unions (KESK) of which he was a founding board member. [1] In 2002, he became a member of the Central Board of the IHD, [1] and became its chairman in 2008. [2] Türkdogan resigned from the leadership of the IHD in March 2023, after he decided to run as a candidate to the Turkish parliament. [3] Eren Keskin became his successor. [2]
He was arrested on the 19 March 2021 due to an investigation concerning eventual activities of the prohibited Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). [4] The same day he was released pending trial. [4] [5] The month before, the interior minister accused the IHD of being linked to the PKK. [6] Soylu deemed he statements regarding the deaths of Turkish soldiers in a Turkish military operation by the IHD, the PKK and HDP as similar. [7] By the prosecution, he was accused of being part of an illegal organization. [5] The investigation concerned statements regarding the detention conditions of Abullah Öcalan, which were published on the website of the news agency ANF. [8] Since, January 2022, he was also investigated over the publication of a petition that called for the recognition of the Armenian Genocide on the IHD website [9] In April 2022, he was acquitted from being part of an illegal organization, but the other trials kept ongoing. [8]
He is married and has two children. [1]
Öztürk Türkdoğan (born 10 November 1969, Kars, Turkey) is a lawyer and Human Rights activist and politician. He was the head of the Turkish Human Rights Association (IHD), a member of the Wise People committee for the peace process in 2013 and for the parliamentary elections of May 2023, he has become a candidate to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey for the Green Left Party (YSP).
Öztürk Türkdogan was born in a village in Selim of Kars where he attended primary school later transferring to Erzurum where he completed primary school and began attending high school. [1] He moved a gain to Izmir, where he completed high school in Bergama. [1] After his graduation from the Health Vocational School in Yenisehir, he began working as a health officer in 1988. [1] The same year he began to study law at the Ankara University from where he graduated in 1994. [1]
Öztürk Türkdogan quit as a health officer in 1998, and following worked as a lawyer. [1] Since the same year he is a legal advisor to the Social Service Worker's Union (SES). [1] Between 2002 and 2009 he served as legal adviser to the Confederation of Public Employees' Unions (KESK) of which he was a founding board member. [1] In 2002, he became a member of the Central Board of the IHD, [1] and became its chairman in 2008. [2] Türkdogan resigned from the leadership of the IHD in March 2023, after he decided to run as a candidate to the Turkish parliament. [3] Eren Keskin became his successor. [2]
He was arrested on the 19 March 2021 due to an investigation concerning eventual activities of the prohibited Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). [4] The same day he was released pending trial. [4] [5] The month before, the interior minister accused the IHD of being linked to the PKK. [6] Soylu deemed he statements regarding the deaths of Turkish soldiers in a Turkish military operation by the IHD, the PKK and HDP as similar. [7] By the prosecution, he was accused of being part of an illegal organization. [5] The investigation concerned statements regarding the detention conditions of Abullah Öcalan, which were published on the website of the news agency ANF. [8] Since, January 2022, he was also investigated over the publication of a petition that called for the recognition of the Armenian Genocide on the IHD website [9] In April 2022, he was acquitted from being part of an illegal organization, but the other trials kept ongoing. [8]
He is married and has two children. [1]