Tülay Hatimoğulları Oruç (born 1977) is a Turkish linguistics rights activist and politician. She is the Co-Chair of the Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party and a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey.
Tülay Hatimoğulları | |
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 Hatimoğulları Oruç in 2023 | |
| Co-Leader of the Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) | |
| Assumed office 13 October 2023 Serving with Tuncer Bakırhan | |
| Member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey | |
| Assumed office 24 June 2018 | |
| Constituency | Adana (2018, 2023) |
| Co-Chair of the Socialist Refoundation Party | |
| In office 2016–2018 Serving with Ahmet Kaya | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Tülay Hatimoğulları Oruç 1977 (age 46–47) Samandağ, Antakya, Turkey |
| Political party | DEM Party |
| Other political affiliations | Socialist Refoundation Party Peoples' Democratic Party |
| Alma mater | Anadolu University |
Early life and education
editTülay Hatimoğulları Oruç was born in 1977 in Samandağ, Hatay in an Alawite family.[1] She studied economics at Anadolu University.[2] She speaks fluent Arabic and Turkish.
Political career
editHer adherence to political socialism defined itself during high school.[1] Tulay Hatimoğulları Oruç was elected Co-Chair of the SYKP in 2016.[3] In the parliamentary elections of June 2018 she was elected to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey representing the Adana Province for the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP).[4] On the 17 March 2021, the Turkish state prosecutor before the Court of Cassation, Bekir Şahin filed a lawsuit at the Constitutional Court demanding for her and 686 other politicians a five-year ban for political activities.[5]
Political views
editAs the Co-Chair of the Religion and Faith Commission of the HDP,[6] she defends the protection of the cultural rights of the minorities in Turkey according to the Treaty of Lausanne from 1923.[7] She opposed the deployment of Turkish troops to Libya.[8] She is also on the view that Kurdistan exists, which in November 2021 prompted a trilateral discussion between her, fellow HDP Politician Garo Paylan, and the Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar who denied the existence of a Kurdistan, be it in Turkey or Iraq.[9] When in May 2022 several performances of Kurdish artists were banned, she demanded an information whether there existed an order from the Turkish Government banning such performances.[10]
Oruç criticizes the contact ban imposed on Abdullah Öcalan, the leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), and calls for his release, and also identifies the "Kurdish problem" and the "Palestinian problem" as two significant challenges in the region that democratic confederalism can potentially resolve.[11]
Personal life
editShe was raised in an Arab household and identifies as a feminist and an Alawite.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Arap, Alevi, Sosyalist, Feminist Bir Vekil Adayı". Bianet (in Turkish). 2018-06-08. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "Tülay Hatimoğulları Oruç". www.biyografya.com. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
- ^ "SYKP'nin 2. Olağan Konferansı yapıldı". Bianet. 5 July 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ "Adana Seçim Sonuçları - Genel Seçim 2018 Adana Sonucu". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). 2021-08-18. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
- ^ "HDP indictment seeks political ban for 687 members, including Demirtaş, Buldan and Sancar". Bianet. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
- ^ SCF (2021-08-03). "Pro-Kurdish party calls on Turkey to recognize Yazidi massacre as genocide". Stockholm Center for Freedom. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
- ^ "Christian Cemetery in Hatay Shown as 'Green Space' in Zoning Plan". SAT-7 TÜRK HABER (in Turkish). 2019-12-23. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
- ^ "Turkish parliament approves motion on sending troops to Libya". Gazete Duvar (in Turkish). 2020-02-01. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
- ^ "Turkish Defense Minister denies existence of Iraqi Kurdistan". Gazete Duvar (in Turkish). 2021-11-17. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
- ^ Ertan, Nazlan (26 May 2022). "AKP municipalities tone down the volume on Kurd-Pop in Turkey - Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East". Al-Monitor. Retrieved 2022-05-29.
- ^ Bayar, Ceren (2023-10-15). "Opposition Green Left Party changes name, becoming more resemblant with HDP". Duvar (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-11-11.