Hüseyin Olan (born 1959, Bitlis, Turkey) is a pharmacist and politician of the Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party). Olan is a former mayor of Bitlis and since June 2023, a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey.
Hüseyin Olan (born 1959, Bitlis, Turkey) is a pharmacist and politician of the Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party). Olan is a former mayor of Bitlis and since June 2023, a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey.
Hüseyin Olan was born in Bitlis in 1959 [1] where he also attended high school. [2] The Olan studied pharmacy at the Ege University in Izmir, from where he graduated in 1986. [1] Following he worked as a pharmacist in Bitlis. [2] From 2001 onwards, [2] Olan became involved in the Chamber of Phramcists and was also a member of the Central Committee of the Pharmacists Union. [1]
Hüseyin Olan was involved in several pro-Kurdish parties from the People's Democracy Party (HADEP) onwards. [1] Having joined the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP), he was elected the mayor of Bitlis in local elections of March 2014. [3] Under his mayorship, several streets were renamed, one of them after William Saroyan whose Armenian ancestors stemmed from Bitlis. [4] In November 2016, Olan was arrested with Nevin Daşdemir Dağkıran who served as a co-mayor over an investigation on terror related charges. [5] He was sentenced to 7 years and six months imprisonment [2] and was arrested in E type prison of Bitlis. [6] He was released in July 2022. [1] In the parliamentary elections of 2023, Hüseyin Olan was elected to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, representing Bitlis for the YSP. [7]
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