Nihat Akdoğan (born 9 March 1980,

Hakkâri Hakkari or Hakkâri may refer to: * Hakkari (historical region), a historical region in modern-day Turkey and Iraq *Hakkâri (city), a city and the capital of Hakkâri Province, Turkey *Hakkâri Province Hakkâri Province (, ; ), is a province ...

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) is a Turkish politician of Kurdish descent. He was a politician of the

Democratic Society Party The Democratic Society Party (, 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 Socialist International. It was c ...

(DTP) and a member of the

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for the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP).

Education

Akdoğan was born in

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, where he attended high school. Later he graduated from

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Political career

He was involved in the DTP. In the parliamentary elections of June and the snap election in November 2015 he was elected as an MP representing the HDP for

. He was arrested on the 7 November 2016 in Hakkari, and was transferred to the

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where he was held in solitary confinement. His arrest caused some controversy as Deputy Prime Minister

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reported his "capture" at the entrance of Hakkari, while Akdoğan responded that he was arrested in the city centre, which was about 80 km from the location he shall have been captured. He was released in April 2017. For the electoral campaign towards the parliamentary elections in 2018, Akdoğan was a member of a HDP delegation which toured

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demanding the support from the local Kurdish population. In the local elections of March 2019, he was a candidate for

Sultanbeyli Sultanbeyli () is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 29 km2, and its population is 358,201 (2022). It is located inland on the Asian side ( Anadolu Yakasi) of the city. The mayor is Ali Tombaş of the Jus ...

, but not elected.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Akdogan, Nihat 1980 births Living people Anadolu University alumni Members of the 25th Parliament of Turkey Members of the 26th Parliament of Turkey Peoples' Democratic Party (Turkey) politicians