Alican Önlü

Alican Önlü (born 27 December 1967, Nazimye, Turkey) is a politician of the Peoples Democratic Party (HDP) and a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. Throughout his political career he was a politician in a variety of parties such as the Democracy Party (DEP) and the Democratic Society Party (DTP).[1]

Alican Önlü
Member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Assumed office
2015
Personal details
Born27 December 1967
Nazımiye, Turkey
Political partyHDP

Political career

Önlü is a Kurdish politician of the Alevi faith[2] and has been active in several political parties. Beginning with the People's Labour Party (HEP) he later joined the DEP, the People's Labor Party (HEP), the People's Democracy Party (HADEP), then the Democratic Society Party (DTP) and the Democratic Regions Party (DBP) before he joined the HDP.[1] He was active in the Istanbul branch for the HADEP and the Democratic People's Party (DEHAP) in Tunceli.[3] In the parliamentary elections of June 2015 Önlü was elected to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, representing Tunceli for the Peoples Democratic Party (HDP).[4] He was relelected in the snap elections of November 2015[5] and also in June 2018.[6]

Prosecution

He was arrested in December 2016[1] and accused of being involved in the Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) which Turkey sees as an extension of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).[7] He was released in March 2017 pending trial.[1] In a separate case, he was sentenced to one year and six months imprisonment for spreading propaganda for the PKK on terror related charges in February 2019.[8] The KCK case was treated as part of the KCK mail trail and as of September 2019, the case was still ongoing.[9] On the 17 March 2021, the State Prosecutor before the Court of Cassation of Turkey Bekir Şahin filed a lawsuit before the Constitutional Court demanding for Önlü and 686 other HDP politicians a five-year ban to engage in politics.[10] The lawsuit was filed jointly with a request for a closure of the HDP due to the parties alleged organizational links with the PKK.[11][10]

Personal life

He is married and the father of two children.[12]

References
  1. "HDP MP Alican Önlü Released". Bianet. 6 March 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  2. Günes, Cengiz (May 2020). "Political Representation of Alevi Kurds in Turkey: Historical Trends and Main Transformations" (PDF). Kurdish Studies. The Open University. 8: 86. doi:10.33182/ks.v8i1.522. S2CID 225846227.
  3. "Alican Önlü kimdir? - Yeni Akit". www.yeniakit.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  4. Şafak, Yeni (2022-10-01). "Tunceli Seçim Sonuçları 2015 - Genel Seçim 2015". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  5. Şafak, Yeni (2022-10-01). "Tunceli Seçim Sonuçları 2015 - Genel Seçim Kasım 2015". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  6. Şafak, Yeni (2022-10-01). "Tunceli Seçim Sonuçları - Genel Seçim 2018 Tunceli Sonucu". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  7. Christie-Miller, Alexander (2010-08-05). "The PKK and the Closure of Turkey's Kurdish Opening". MERIP. Archived from the original on 2020-12-03. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  8. SCF (2019-02-15). "2 pro-Kurdish HDP deputies sentenced by Turkish court on terrorism charges". Stockholm Center for Freedom. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  9. "Supreme Court of Appeals Upholds Prison Sentences of 3 HDP MPs". Bianet. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  10. "HDP indictment seeks political ban for 687 members, including Demirtaş, Buldan and Sancar". Bianet. Archived from the original on 2021-03-18. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
  11. "Turkish prosecutor seeks political ban on 687 pro-Kurdish politicians". www.duvarenglish.com. Gazete Duvar. 2021-03-18. Archived from the original on 2021-04-12. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
  12. "TÜRKİYE BÜYÜK MİLLET MECLİSİ". www.tbmm.gov.tr. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
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