Fatma Kaplan Hürriyet (born 20 March 1982) is a
Turkish lawyer and politician from the
Republican People's Party
The Republican People's Party (RPP; , CHP ) is a Kemalism, Kemalist and Social democracy, social democratic political party in Turkey. It is the oldest List of political parties in Turkey, political party in Turkey, founded by Mustafa Kemal ...
(CHP) who served as the
Member of Parliament for
Kocaeli from
June 2015 until her election as Mayor of
Ä°zmit
Ä°zmit () is a municipality and the capital Districts of Turkey, district of Kocaeli Province, Turkey. Its area is 480 km2, and its population is 376,056 (2022). The capital of Kocaeli Province, it is located at the Gulf of Ä°zmit in the Sea ...
in the
2019 local elections.
Career
In January 2017, Fatma Kaplan Hürriyet was allegedly strangled by
AKP Parliamentary Group Leader
Mustafa ElitaÅŸ
Mustafa ElitaÅŸ (5 January 1957, Kayseri) is a Turkish politician who served as the Economy Minister of Turkey from 24 November 2015 to 24 November 2016.
ElitaÅŸ graduated from the Department of Economics and Public Finance of Ankara University ...
after she filmed ElitaÅŸ and Prime Minister
Binali Yıldırım
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casting open votes at
parliamentary voting for constitutional amendments.
Hürriyet was one of 15 CHP MPs to join the
Good Party
The Good Party (Turkish language, Turkish: ''Ä°YÄ° Parti'') is a Turkish nationalism, nationalist, Kemalism, Kemalist and Conservatism, conservative List of political parties in Turkey, political party in Turkey, established on 25 October 2017 b ...
on 21 April 2018. She rejoined the CHP less than a month later.
In the 2019 local elections, Hürriyet was elected mayor of
Ä°zmit
Ä°zmit () is a municipality and the capital Districts of Turkey, district of Kocaeli Province, Turkey. Its area is 480 km2, and its population is 376,056 (2022). The capital of Kocaeli Province, it is located at the Gulf of Ä°zmit in the Sea ...
with 50% of the vote. She was sworn in on April 15.
In the
2024 local elections, she initially withdrew from the nomination due to her disagreements about her party's city council nominee list.
However, she was convinced afterwards and won the reelection.
See also
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25th Parliament of Turkey
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26th Parliament of Turkey
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27th Parliament of Turkey
The 27th Parliament of the Turkish Republic was elected in a snap general election held on 24 June 2018 to the Grand National Assembly. It succeeded the 26th Parliament of Turkey in July 2018 and was due to last until the latter half of 2022. ...
References
External links
Archived official websiteMP profile on the Grand National Assembly website during the 27th Parliament
1982 births
Living people
Deputies of Kocaeli
Contemporary Republican People's Party (Turkey) politicians
Good Party politicians
Members of the 25th Parliament of Turkey
Members of the 26th Parliament of Turkey
Members of the 27th Parliament of Turkey
People from TekirdaÄŸ
Kocaeli University alumni
Turkish women MPs
21st-century Turkish women politicians
21st-century Turkish lawyers
21st-century Turkish women lawyers
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