Mizgin Irgat

Mizgin Irgat (born 1978, Tatvan, Turkey) is a Turkish lawyer and politician of Kurdish origin. She is a member of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and a former member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey.

Mizgin Irgat
Member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
In office
June 2015 – June 2018
Personal details
Born1978
Tatvan
Political partyHDP
Alma materDicle University

Early life and education

She attended primary education in Tatvan, but was exiled to Izmir in 1993 where she completed her studies in a local high school.[1] After having graduated from the law faculty of the Dicle University in Diyarbakir in 2003, she became a lawyer in Izmir.[2] In December 2011 she was arrested and prosecuted in one of the so-called KCK-trials, the one against the lawyers of Abdullah Öcalan.[3] She was detained in prison in Bakirköy, Istanbul.[4] For the release of these lawyers, several Human Rights organizations such as the International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH)[5] the World Organization Against Torture (OMCT)[6] and lawyer unions [7][4] have taken action. She was released pending trial in June 2013.[8]

Political career

She was the Democratic Society Party (DTP) candidate for the mayorship of Konak in Izmir in 2009[1] but was not elected. In the General Elections of June 2015, Irgat was elected to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey representing the HDP for Bitlis.[9] In the snap elections of November 2015, she was re-elected.[10] As an MP she has taken up the defense of the rights of the deceased, condemning the destruction of graveyards by Turkish authorities.[11]

While acting as an MP, she was detained and prosecuted.[12] She has taken part in a meeting of HDP MPs in Izmir during which on actions of the PKK were referred to as peoples' struggle, which was enough evidence for a prosecution for terror related charges of several MPs.[13][14] Irgat also shall have referred to Öcalan as a captive and a political entity.[15] On the 17 March 2021, the state prosecutor Bekir Şahin demanded for her and 686 other HDP politicians a five-year ban to engage in politics together with a closure of the HDP due to alleged organizational cooperation with the PKK.[16][17]

References
  1. "Mizgin Irgat Kimdir? Mizgin Irgat Haberleri - Yazılar, Videolar ve Galeri - Habertürk". www.haberturk.com. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  2. "Detained HDP MP Mizgin Irgat Released". Bianet. 21 July 2017.
  3. "Call for the release and the end of judicial harassment against…". World Organisation Against Torture. 16 December 2011. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  4. "Open letter to the United Nations" (PDF). Lawyers for Lawyers. 2012.
  5. "Turkey: Continued arbitrary detention of 15 lawyers and one journalist and judicial harassment of 47 lawyers, one journalist, one legal secretary and two drivers". International Federation for Human Rights. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  6. "Turkey: Human Rights Defenders guilty until proven innocent: International fact-finding mission report" (PDF). World Organization Against Torture. May 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  7. "24.01.2012: Solidaritätsaktionen zum Tag des bedrohten Anwalts in Berlin und Düsseldorf". www.vdj.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  8. "7 Freed Pending Trial in KCK Lawyers Case". Bianet. 21 June 2013.
  9. Şafak, Yeni (2021-11-15). "Bitlis Seçim Sonuçları 2015 - Genel Seçim 2015". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  10. "Seçim sonuçları 2015: 1 Kasım Bitlis Seçim Sonuçları Son Dakika". www.sozcu.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  11. Khalidi, Ali (29 December 2017). "HDP says Turkey has destructed 13 cemeteries of fallen Kurdish fighters". Kurdistan24. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  12. "The Status of HDP MPs to Date". Bianet. 21 February 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  13. "Senior PKK leader Sara Aktaş detained in Istanbul". Daily Sabah. 2016-11-27. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  14. "Turkey court accepts indictment against HPD deputies - Turkey News". Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  15. "Turkey court accepts indictment against HPD deputies - Turkey News". Hürriyet. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  16. "Turkish prosecutor seeks political ban on 687 pro-Kurdish politicians". Gazete Duvar (in Turkish). 2021-03-18. Archived from the original on 2021-04-12. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
  17. "HDP indictment seeks political ban for 687 members, including Demirtaş, Buldan and Sancar". Bianet. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
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