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Cengiz Çiçek (born 1978 Tunceli, Turkey) is a lawyer and politician of the Green Left Party (YSP).

Early life and education

Cengiz Çiçek was born in Tunceli in 1978 into a Alevi-Kurdish family. In 1985 the family moved to Izmir where he attended school. Later he studied law at the Marmara University in Istanbul.

Professional career

In 2009, at the time when Abdullah Öcalans detention conditions were alleviated, he was his attorney. In 2011 he was arrested together with 45 other lawyers, who represented Öcalan. In March 2014 he was released with nine other lawyers who were investigated of representing Öcalan and activities concerning the Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK).

Political career

Cengiz Çiçek began his political career with the People's Democracy Party (HADEP) and was also the co-speaker of the Peoples' Democratic Congress (HDK). In 2018, when he was the co-chair of Istanbul branch of the HDP, he was arrested for six days over terror related charges. In the parliamentary elections of May 2023, he was elected to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey representing Istanbul for the (YSP).

Political positions

Çiçek is against the closure of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), calling it a judicial sabotage that the HDP had to take part in the elections under the umbrella of the YSP, and supports the Saturday Mothers, a Turkish human rights organization.

References

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  4. "Turkey: Provisional releases and continued judicial harassment of 47 lawyers, one journalist, one legal secretary and two drivers". International Federation for Human Rights.
  5. "Istanbul opposition co-chair arrested". Ahval.
  6. Şafak, Yeni (2023-06-18). "İstanbul Seçim Sonuçları - 2023 Genel Seçim İstanbul Oy Oranları | CANLI". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-06-18.
  7. "Kurdish MP: "Ensuring Erdoğan's defeat is about safeguarding our lives"". Medya News. 2023-05-21. Retrieved 2023-06-18.
  8. Yasar, Ferhat (2023-06-17). "Police detain Saturday Mothers during their weekly vigil, blockade MPs coming for support". Gazete Duvar (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-06-18.
  9. "Search for justice, truth against forced disappearances continues". JINHAGENCY News. Retrieved 2023-06-18.