Filiz Koçali (born 22 January 1958, Istanbul) is a female Turkish politician and a

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activist and journalist. She was a founder member of the

Freedom and Solidarity Party The Left Party ( tr, Sol Parti, often written as SOL Parti), is a secular, socialist political party in Turkey. The Party was founded after Freedom and Solidarity Party ( tr, Özgürlük ve Dayanışma Partisi - ÖDP) decided to change its name ...

(ÖDP) in 1996 and of the break-away

Socialist Democracy Party Socialist Democracy Party (''Sosyalist Demokrasi Partisi'', SDP) was a socialist party in Turkey. Most of its members were formerly in an opposition grouping within ÖDP, named ''Sosyalist Eylem Platformu'' (Socialist Action Platform). They def ...

(SDP) in 2002, and was secretary general of the SDP from 2004 to 2009. She is now a member of the

Peace and Democracy Party The Peace and Democracy Party ( tr, Barış ve Demokrasi Partisi, ku, Partiya Aştî û Demokrasiyê, BDP) was a Kurdish political party in Turkey existing from 2008 to 2014. Development BDP succeeded the Democratic Society Party (DTP) in 20 ...

Career

Born in

Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

, she participated in the students' movement in 1976. She interrupted her vocational training to work in several factories and take part in the struggles of the labor movement. After the

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, she was active in a

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organisation in Istanbul. As a journalist she wrote for the magazines ''

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'' and ''

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'' and the newspapers '' Radikal gazetesi'' and ''

Bianet Bianet (acronym for tr, Bağımsız İletişim Ağı, lit="Independent Communication Network") is a Turkish press agency based in Beyoğlu, Istanbul. Its focus is on human rights and it is mainly funded by a Swedish organization. It was establish ...

''. Having been a part of the women's rights movement since 1987, Koçali was one of the founding members of the feminist magazine '' Pazartesi'', whose editor-in-chief she was for a while. She was editor of the daily '' Günlük'' (published 2009 to 2011). She was involved in the founding of the

(ÖDP) in 1996 as well as the

, which broke away from the former in 2002, and a member of the executive committees of both parties. She was secretary general of the

(SDP) from May 2004 to 2009.BDP
Commissions

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