Sibel Yiğitalp

Sibel Yiğitalp (1 February 1971, Mardin, Turkey) is a politician of Kurdish descent and a former member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey for the People's Democratic Party (HDP).

Sibel Yigitalp
Member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
In office
June 2015 – 2018
ConstituencyDiyrabakır
Personal details
Born1 February 1971
Mardin
Political partyHDP
Alma materOndokuz Mayıs University

Early life and education

Sibel Yiğitalp was born in Mardin and studied Health Sciences at the Ondokuz Mayıs University from where she graduated with a master's degree. Onwards she worked as a manager in various healthcare institutions. She was a member of the Democratic Society Congress (DTK) and the Health Workers Union.[1]

Political career

In the Parliamentary Elections of June 2015 she was elected to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey representing Diyarbakir for the HDP.[2] She was re-elected in the snap elections in November 2015.[3]

Political views

As an MP she defended the rights of the Kurds during the curfews in 2016[4] demanding answers to the imposition of curfews in the Diyarbakir province[5] and attempted to visit the by a curfew affected locality of Silvan together with the Diyarbakir Bar Association.[6] She also opposed the dismissal of elected Kurdish Mayors.[7]

In August 2017, a state prosecutor demanded that her parliamentary immunity be removed.[8] In April 2018, another investigation into the lifting of her parliamentary immunity was initiated.[9] In January 2019, Yigitalp was accused of terror related charges for which the prosecution demanded between 10 and 26 years imprisonment.[10][11] She left Turkey for Germany, from where received support from the Die Linke.[12] The State Prosecutor at the Court of Cassation in Turkey Bekir Şahin filed a lawsuit before the Constitutional Court on the 17 March 2021, demanding for Yiğitalp and 686 other HDP politicians a five-year ban for political activities in Turkey.[13] The lawsuit was filed jointly with a request for the HDP to be shut down due to the parties alleged organizational links with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).[14][13]

Personal life

She is married and has two children.[1]

References
  1. "Sibel Yiğitalp Kimdir ? - Sibel Yiğitalp Hayatı ve Biyografisi". www.haberler.com. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
  2. "Diyarbakır Seçim Sonuçları - 7 Haziran 2015 Genel Seçimleri | SABAH". www.sabah.com.tr. Sabah. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
  3. "1 Kasım Diyarbakır Seçim Sonuçları Son Durum". www.sozcu.com.tr. Sözcü. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
  4. Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "Families search for missing loved ones in Turkey's embattled Kurdish capital | DW | 19.03.2016". DW.COM. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
  5. "'Who is Responsible for Operations in Lice?', Asks HDP's Yiğitalp". Bianet - Bagimsiz Iletisim Agi. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
  6. "Turkey's Silvan under siege as Kurdish fighters assert authority". Middle East Eye édition française (in French). Retrieved 2021-04-12.
  7. "28 Kurdish Mayors Removed for Office". KEDISTAN (in French). 2016-09-11. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
  8. "Turkish prosecutor requests deputy's immunity be lifted". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
  9. "Garo Paylan Archives | Page 2 of 4". Gagrule.net. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
  10. "HDP'li Sibel Yiğitalp'e 26 yıla kadar hapis istemi". Milliyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-04-12.
  11. "Ehemaliger HDP-Abgeordneten drohen 26 Jahre Haftstrafe". ANF News (in German). Retrieved 2021-04-12.
  12. "Sibel Yiğitalp (HDP) zum HDP-Verbot". DIE LINKE (in German). 18 March 2021. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
  13. "HDP indictment seeks political ban for 687 members, including Demirtaş, Buldan and Sancar". Bianet. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
  14. "Turkish prosecutor seeks political ban on 687 pro-Kurdish politicians". www.duvarenglish.com. Gazete Duvar. 2021-03-18. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
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