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Tuncer Bakırhan
Tuncer Bakırhan (born 1970, Susuz, Kars) is a Turkish politician and current co-leader of the DEM Party. He is a former chairman of the Democratic People's Party (DEHAP) and the former Mayor of Siirt. He was dismissed from his duties as mayor by the Turkish ministry of the interior, arrested and sentenced to 10 years in prison. Early life and education He grew up in Susuz and attended his primary and secondary education in Kars and studied at the Uludağ University in Bursa. During his studies he was detained and accused for supporting the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) but released shortly after. Political career He began to be involved in the youth wing of the People's Labour Party (HEP) in 1989 and was a candidate for Kars in the local election 1999, but was not elected. Later he was elected the party chairmen of the People's Democracy Party (HADEP) for the province of Kars. After the HADEP was closed down in 2003 he joined the DEHAP. He was elected chairman of th ...
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Siirt
Siirt (; ; ; ) is a city in the Siirt District of Siirt Province in Turkey. It had a population of 160,340 in 2021. The city is predominantly inhabited by Kurds. Neighborhoods The city is divided into the neighborhoods of Afetevlerı, Alan, Algul, Bahçelievler, Barış, Batı, Conkbayır, Çal, Doğan, Dumlupınar, Halenze, İnönü, Karakol, Kooperatif, Sakarya, Tınaztepe, Ulus, Ülkü, Veysel Karani and Yeni. History Previously known as ''Saird'', in pre-Islamic times Siirt was a diocese of the Eastern Orthodox Church (''Sirte'', Σίρτη in Byzantine Greek). In the medieval times, Arzen was the main city and it competed with Hasankeyf over the control the region, Siirt was only to become a center of the region in the 14th century. But it was still dependent from Hasankeyf until the 17th century. An illuminated manuscript known as the Syriac Bible of Paris might have originated from the Bishop of Siirt's library, Siirt's Christians would have worshipped in Syriac, ...
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Bursa Uludağ University
Bursa Uludağ University () is a public research university located in Bursa, Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen .... The university places a strong emphasis on research and education in the fields of international relations, medicine, engineering, natural and social sciences, and arts. Organisation The university comprises 11 faculties, one undergraduate school, 12 vocational schools, one conservatoire, three institutes, 11 research centers, and six departments under the Presidency. During the 2017–2018 academic year, the university had an enrollment of 74,822 students. Notes and references External links Bursa Uludağ University (Official Website) Bursa Uludağ University Education in Bursa Universities and colleges established in 1975 State univ ...
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Party Of Greens And The Left Future
Party of Greens and the Left Future (, YSGP), abbreviated as Green Left Party (, YSP), is a green and left-libertarian party in Turkey. History The first YSP was founded on 25 November 2012 as a merger of the Greens Party and the Equality and Democracy Party. The party changed its name in April 2016. Prominent members include Murat Belge, left-wing political author and former columnist for ''Taraf''; Kutluğ Ataman, filmmaker and contemporary artist; and Ufuk Uras, former Istanbul deputy and president of the Freedom and Solidarity Party (ÖDP). The party is one of the participants in the Peoples' Democratic Congress (HDK), a political initiative instrumental in founding the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) in 2012. Their chairpersons were temporarily arrested in February 2018 but released with a travel ban for the exterior and under monitoring of the police. They were charged over social media activity and books in their possession. In the 2023 parliamentary election, m ...
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