Kemal Bülbül (born in 1963 in

Arguvan Arguvan ( ku, Erxewan/Arxewan) is a district of Malatya Province of Turkey. The mayor is Mehmet Kızıldaş ( CHP). Demographics The majority of the district is Alevi from both Kurdish and Turkish ethnicity. The Kurdish Atman tribe reside in te ...

) is a Turkish teacher, politician and member of the 27th

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 HDP. Bülbül is

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and

Alevi Alevism or Anatolian Alevism (; tr, Alevilik, ''Anadolu Aleviliği'' or ''Kızılbaşlık''; ; az, Ələvilik) is a local Islamic tradition, whose adherents follow the mystical Alevi Islamic ( ''bāṭenī'') teachings of Haji Bektash Veli, w ...

Biography

Bülbül was born in the village of Şotik in

Malatya Province Malatya Province ( tr, ; ku, Parezgêha Meletîyê) is a province of Turkey. It is part of a larger mountainous area. The capital of the province is Malatya. The area of Malatya province is 12,313 km². Malatya Province had a population of ...

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. He graduated from

Trakya University Trakya University ( tr, Trakya Üniversitesi), was established on July 20, 1982. The university is located in Edirne, at Turkey's European side (Eastern Thrace). Trakya University is a regional university with institutions and schools spread o ...

and worked as a teacher in

Kâhta Kâhta ( ku, Kolîk, Ottoman Turkish: کولک / ''Kölük'') is a city in Adıyaman Province of Turkey. It is the seat of Kâhta District.Ankara Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, maki ...

and

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. He founded the

Confederation of Public Employees' Unions The Confederation of Public Employees' Trade Unions ( tr, Kamu Emekçileri Sendikaları Konfederasyonu, KESK) is one of the four major national trade union centers in Turkey. It was formed in 1995. KESK is affiliated with the International Trade ...

. He served as General President of the

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Cultural Association and the General Secretary of the Alevi Bektashi Federation. He moreover served as the Ankara Provincial Head of

HADEP People's Democracy Party ( tr, Halkın Demokrasi Partisi, HADEP) was a Kurdish political party in Turkey. Murat Bozlak founded the party on 11 May 1994. The party disbanded in 2003. History Bozlak's first chairmanship Party founder and at ...

. In November 2020, he was sentenced to six years in prison for attending a meeting of

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References

1963 births Living people Kurdish Alevis Kurdish politicians People from Malatya Province Deputies of Antalya Peoples' Democratic Party (Turkey) politicians {{Members of the 27th Turkish Parliament