Feleknas Uca is a Turkish politician of Kurdish descent. From 1999 to 2009,she was member of the European Parliament from Germany,serving with Die Linke. Feleknas Uca was at one time the world's only Yazidi parliamentarian until the Iraqi legislature was elected in 2005. In June 2015,she was elected as a Member of Parliament in Turkey representing Diyarbakır.
Leyla Zana is a Kurdish politician from Kurdish descent. She was imprisoned for ten years for her political activism,which was deemed by the Turkish courts to be against the unity of the country. She was awarded the 1995 Sakharov Prize by the European Parliament but was unable to collect it until her release in 2004. She was also awarded the Rafto Prize in 1994 after being recognized by the Rafto Foundation for being incarcerated for her peaceful struggle for the human rights of the Kurdish people in Turkey and the neighbouring countries.
Sebahat Tuncel is a Turkish politician of Kurdish origin,women's rights advocate,former nurse and member of the Parliament in Turkey. She was elected a member of parliament while being in prison.
Nursel Aydoğan,is a Turkish politician and former MP for Diyarbakır.
Selma Irmak,is a Kurdish politician from Turkey and former MP for the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) and People`s Democratic Party (HDP).
Berdan Öztürk is a Turkish politician from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP),who has served as a Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Ağrısince 7 June 2015.
İdris Baluken is a Turkish politician of Kurdish origin who currently serves as a parliamentary group leader of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) since April 2014. He previously served as a parliamentary group leader for the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) from 2012 until the party's MPs joined the HDP in April 2014.
Serpil Kemalbay Pekgözegü is a Turkish politician and former co-leader of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP).
Filiz Kerestecioğlu Demir is a Turkish politician from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) who currently serves as a Member of Parliament since the June 2015 general election.
Hüda Kaya is a Turkish journalist,writer,activist and politician of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP). Since June 2015 she has been member of the Turkish parliament,representing her Istanbul constituency.
Ferhat Encü is a Kurdish–Turkish politician and former member of the Turkish Parliament in the Sirnak Province. Encüis well known for a speech that he gave on the floor of the Parliament in Ankara. In his speech,Encücriticized the Turkish government for their violence and mistreatment of the Kurds. After delivering the speech,Encüwas arrested and stripped of his parliamentary immunity.
Abdullah Zeydan is a Turkish politician of Kurdish descent and a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (HDP).
Bedia Özgökçe Ertan is a lawyer and a politician from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP),a former member of the Turkish Grand National Assembly and Mayor of Van.
Tuncer Bakirhan is a former chairman of the Democratic People's Party (DEHAP) and the former Mayor of Siirt. He was dismissed from his duties as mayor by the Turkish ministry of the interior,arrested and sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Çağlar Demirel is a Turkish politician of Kurdish origin and a former member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP).
Mizgin Irgat is a Turkish lawyer and politician of Kurdish origin. She is a member of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and a former member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey.
Hasip Kaplan a Turkish politician of Kurdish origin and former member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey for several parties,in 2015 he represented the Peoples Democratic Party (HDP) in the Turkish Parliament.
Alican Önlü is a politician of the Peoples Democratic Party (HDP) and a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. Throughout his political career he was a politician in a variety of parties such as the Democracy Party (DEP) and the Democratic Society Party (DTP).
Semra Güzel is a medical doctor,a politician and member of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP). She was a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey until her dismissal in December 2022.
Nuran İmir is a politician of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and a member in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. Having been a member of the Peoples Democracy Party for over a decade,she moved to Germany in 2003. She returned to Turkey in 2015,eventually becoming a Member of Parliament for the HDP in 2018.
