Kamuran Tanhan (born 1979,

Nusaybin Nusaybin (; '; ar, نُصَيْبِيْن, translit=Nuṣaybīn; syr, ܢܨܝܒܝܢ, translit=Nṣībīn), historically known as Nisibis () or Nesbin, is a city in Mardin Province, Turkey. The population of the city is 83,832 as of 2009 and is ...

, Turkey) is a lawyer and politician and since June 2023 a member of the

Grand National Assembly of Turkey The Grand National Assembly of Turkey ( tr, ), usually referred to simply as the TBMM or Parliament ( tr, or ''Parlamento''), is the unicameral Turkish legislature. It is the sole body given the legislative prerogatives by the Turkish Consti ...

for the

Green Left Party Green Left Party ( tr, Yeşil Sol Parti) is a left-libertarian and green party in Turkey. It was founded on 25 November 2012 with the name Party of Greens and the Left Future ( tr, Yeşiller ve Sol Gelecek Partisi) as a merger of the Greens Par ...

(YSP). He was the lawyer of the former Mayor of Nusaybin

Sara Kaya Sara Kaya (born 1 January 1970 in Nusaybin) is a Kurdish politician from Turkey and a former mayor of Nusaybin. She is currently being held at the Tarsus prison in Mersin. Education and professional career Sara Kaya was born in Nusaybin, wher ...

and also the artist Zehra Dogan

Early life and education

Kamuran Tanhan was born in 1979 in Nusaybin where he attended primary school and graduated from high school. He eventually became a member of the

Bar Association A bar association is a professional association of lawyers as generally organized in countries following the Anglo-American types of jurisprudence. The word bar is derived from the old English/European custom of using a physical railing to separ ...

Mardin Mardin ( ku, Mêrdîn; ar, ماردين; syr, ܡܪܕܝܢ, Merdīn; hy, Մարդին) is a city in southeastern Turkey. The capital of Mardin Province, it is known for the Artuqid architecture of its old city, and for its strategic location on ...

. In 2017 he was the lawyer to the former Mayor of Nusaybin Sara Kaya and of the artist Zehra Dogan.

Political career

In the parliamentary elections of May 2023, he was elected to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, representing

for the YSP. In the second round of the

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, he reported about supporters of the Justice and Development Party attacking an election official.

Personal life

He is married and has two children. His uncle is Mehmet Tanhan, the former Mayor of Nusaybin and politician of the

Democratic Society Party The Democratic Society Party ( tr, Demokratik Toplum Partisi, DTP, Kurdish: ''Partiya Civaka Demokratîk'', PCD) was a Kurdish nationalist political party in Turkey. The party considered itself social-democratic and had observer status in the Soci ...

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References

Living people 1979 births 21st-century Turkish lawyers 21st-century Turkish politicians Members of the 28th Parliament of Turkey Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party politicians