Selahattin Demirtaş
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Selahattin Demirtaş is a Kurdish-Turkish politician, human rights lawyer, and former co-leader of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) known for his pro-democracy and minority rights advocacy and his imprisonment on politically charged charges.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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human rights lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| candidateInElection |
2014 Turkish presidential election
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2018 Turkish presidential election ⓘ |
| chargeContext | terrorism-related charges widely described as politically motivated ⓘ |
| coLeaderWith | Figen Yüksekdağ NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Turkey ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1973-04-10 ⓘ |
| detainedSince | 2016-11-04 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Ankara University Faculty of Law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| electoralDistrict |
Diyarbakır
NERFINISHED
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Istanbul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | 2018-02-11 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Kurds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Demirtaş NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
human rights
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politics ⓘ |
| fullName | Selahattin Demirtaş NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | short stories ⓘ |
| givenName | Selahattin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBeenImprisoned | true ⓘ |
| hasSpouse | Başak Demirtaş NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy for minority rights
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opposition to authoritarianism in Turkey ⓘ pro-democracy activism ⓘ |
| languagesSpoken |
Kurdish
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Turkish ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Democratic Society Party
NERFINISHED
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Peace and Democracy Party NERFINISHED ⓘ Peoples' Democratic Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Devran
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Leylan NERFINISHED ⓘ Seher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
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politician ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| officeHeld | co-chair of the Peoples' Democratic Party ⓘ |
| parliamentaryGroup | Peoples' Democratic Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Palu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment |
left-wing
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pro-Kurdish ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
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co-chair of the Peoples' Democratic Party ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| startTime | 2014-06-22 ⓘ |
| subjectOf | European Court of Human Rights judgments regarding his detention ⓘ |
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