Hüseyin Kalkan () is the former mayor of

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in Southeast Anatolia,

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, and a member of the Democratic Society Party (DTP). He gained international notoriety November 2008 after he announced plans to sue

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, director of ''

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'' film, over the allegedly unauthorized use of his city's name. In August 2007,

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'', as an aside in the last of a 25 paragraph story concerning honor suicide in the region, claimed that Kalkan had been awarded damages by

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for using his city's name in their ''

'' comic book franchise. However, the 2008 news coverage reporting on the Nolan lawsuit (including ''The Guardian'') made no mention of this claim. In fact, news sources made a point of noting that Kalkan was not suing DC Comics nor had he raised concerns about infringement before the Nolan lawsuit. In September 2008 the mayor was sentenced to a year imprisonment for promoting terrorism for which in 2019 the

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sentenced Turkey to pay Kalkan the sum of 3500

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s in compensation. After the DTP was banned by the Constitutional Court in 2009, he was prohibited to get active in politics for five years.

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1950 births 2010 deaths Mayors of places in Turkey Democratic Society Party politicians Members of the 21st Parliament of Turkey Long stubs with short prose {{Turkey-mayor-stub