Ebru Günay

Ebru Günay (born 1 January 1982, Bingöl, Turkey) is a jurist and a politician of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP). She was elected a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey in 2018 and is currently the spokeswoman of the HDP.

Ebru Günay
Member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Assumed office
June 2018
Personal details
Born1 January 1982
Bingöl
CitizenshipTurkish
NationalityKurdish
Political partyHDP

Education and professional career

She studied law at the Dicle University, from which she graduated in 2006.[1] Following she worked at the Asrin Law Firm, and was involved in the defense of Abdullah Öcalan.[2] She also obtained an MSc in human rights law from the Bilgi University in Istanbul.[3]

She was arrested due to an investigation into the activities of the Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) in 2009 and prosecuted during the KCK-trial[2] in which the defendants were accused of supporting terrorist organization.[4] She was released pending trial after five years in April 2014.[1] In September 2019, the Turkish Supreme Appeals court confirmed her acquittal in the KCK main case in which initially more than 150 people were prosecuted.[4]

Political career

She was elected to the Turkish Parliament representing the HDP for Mardin in the parliamentary elections of June 2018[5] and is the current spokeswoman for the HDP.[6] As such she was opposed to that Recep Tayyip Erdoğan refused to allow the release of Selahattin Demirtaş[6] or called for snap elections in October 2020.[7] She also too part on negotiations with the representatives of the European Union regarding the human rights situation in Turkey.[8]

References
  1. "Ebrü Günay Kimdir ? - Ebrü Günay Hayatı ve Biyografisi". www.haberler.com. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  2. "Günay: March for Democracy against the Coup will start from Edirne prison and Hakkari". hdp.org.tr (in Turkish). HDP. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  3. "24 Haziran 2018 Genel Seçim HDP Mardin Ebru Günay". Habertürk (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  4. "KCK MAIN CASE: Supreme Court of Appeals Upholds Prison Sentences of 3 HDP MPs". Bianet. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  5. "Mardin Seçim Sonuçları - 24 Haziran 2018 Genel Seçimleri". www.sabah.com.tr. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  6. "Günay: The solution demands of the hunger strikers, are our demands". Mezopotamya Agency. 11 December 2020. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  7. "HDP calls for a snap election: 'All this poverty is a harbinger of disaster'". Bianet. 23 October 2020. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  8. "Turkey's pro-Kurdish HDP meets with representatives from 26 EU countries". Gazete Duvar. 2020-09-23. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
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