Tulay Hatımoğulları Oruç

Tülay Hatımoğulları Oruç (born 1977) is a Turkish economist and politician. She is the Co-Chair of the Socialist Refoundation Party (SYKP) and a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey.

Tülay Hatımoğulları Oruç
Co-Leader of the Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (HEDEP)
Assumed office
2023
Serving with Tuncer Bakırhan
Member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Assumed office
2018
ConstituencyAdana
Co-Chair of the Socialist Refoundation Party
In office
2016–2018
Serving with Ahmet Kaya
Personal details
Born1977
Samandağ, Antakya
Political partyParty of Greens and the Left Future
Other political
affiliations		Socialist Refoundation Party
Peoples' Democratic Party
Alma materAnadolu University

Early life and education

Tülay Hatımoğulları Oruç was born in Samandag, Hatay province in 1977[1] and studied economics at the Anadolu University.[1]

Political career

Her adherence to political socialism defined itself during high school.[2] Tulay Hatımoğulları 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 Hatay 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

As 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]

Personal life

She was raised in an Arab household and identifies as a feminist and an Alevi.[2]

References
  1. "Tülay Hatımoğulları Oruç". www.biyografya.com. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
  2. "Arap, Alevi, Sosyalist, Feminist Bir Vekil Adayı". Bianet. 8 June 2018.
  3. "SYKP'nin 2. Olağan Konferansı yapıldı". Bianet. 5 July 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  4. "Adana Seçim Sonuçları - Genel Seçim 2018 Adana Sonucu". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). 2021-08-18. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
  5. "HDP indictment seeks political ban for 687 members, including Demirtaş, Buldan and Sancar". Bianet. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
  6. SCF (2021-08-03). "Pro-Kurdish party calls on Turkey to recognize Yazidi massacre as genocide". Stockholm Center for Freedom. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
  7. "Christian Cemetery in Hatay Shown as 'Green Space' in Zoning Plan". SAT-7 TÜRK HABER (in Turkish). 2019-12-23. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
  8. "Turkish parliament approves motion on sending troops to Libya". Gazete Duvar (in Turkish). 2020-02-01. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
  9. "Turkish Defense Minister denies existence of Iraqi Kurdistan". Gazete Duvar (in Turkish). 2021-11-17. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
  10. 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.
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