Nuran Imir
Member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Assumed office
2018
Parliamentary groupHDP
ConstituencySirnak
Personal details
Born1977 (age 46–47)
Cizre
Political partyHDP

Nuran İmir (born 1977, Cizre) 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.

Political career

İmir was a member of the HADEP between 1994 and 2003.[1] During this time, she was involved in supporting the youth and women.[2] In 2003 she left Turkey and settled in Germany.[2] She returned in 2015, when the opportunities for the Kurds became better.[3] In the parliamentary elections of 2018 Imir was elected into the Grand National Assembly of Turkey representing the HDP for Sirnak.[4]

Political positions

She is a human rights activist and has presented several parliamentary questions to Justice Minister Abdülhamit Gül.[5][6][7] She demands better opportunities for the Kurdish speaking youth in Turkey and blames the European Union for remaining too silent in regards to human rights violations in Turkey.[8]

Prosecution

On the 17 March 2021, Bekir Şahin, the state prosecutor to the Turkish Court of Cassation filed a lawsuit before the Constitutional Court demanding for İmir and 686 other HDP politicians a five-year ban to participate in politics.[9] The lawsuit was filed together with the request for a closure of the HDP due to the parties alleged organizational links with the PKK.[9] In January 2022, a prosecutor demanded the lifting of her parliamentary immunity.[10]

Personal life

Besides a Turkish citizenship, she is also holds a German citizenship.[8] Her mother lived in Germany.[11] According to an interview she gave to the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, her brother lost an arm while he fought the Islamic State in Iraq.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "TÜRKİYE BÜYÜK MİLLET MECLİSİ". www5.tbmm.gov.tr. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
  2. 1 2 "Nuran İmir". www.biyografya.com. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
  3. ↑ Popp, Maximilian (2018-06-16). "Türkei-Wahl: Bringen die Kurden Recep Tayyip Erdogan zu Fall?". Der Spiegel (in German). ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
  4. ↑ Şafak, Yeni (2022-03-22). "Şırnak Seçim Sonuçları - Genel Seçim 2018 Şırnak Sonucu". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  5. ↑ "HDP MP Nuran İmir: release Tenzile Acar". Jinha. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  6. ↑ "Lawyer takes case of Kurdish man dragged behind armored vehicle to top court after 5 year impasse". Gazete Duvar. 2020-04-10. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  7. ↑ "HDP'nin Roboski sorusuna AKP'den yanıt: Roboski Katliamı'nı FETÖ yaptı". Evrensel. 27 December 2018.
  8. 1 2 3 "Manipulierte Wahlen und ungebrochener Widerstand, Bericht einer Reise von IPPNW-Mitgliedern in die Türkei vom 17. bis 29. März 2019" (PDF). International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. pp. 12–13.
  9. 1 2 "HDP indictment seeks political ban for 687 members, including Demirtaş, Buldan and Sancar". Bianet. Archived from the original on 2021-03-18. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  10. ↑ "Twenty-eight opposition deputies, including HDP Co-Chair Buldan, face losing immunity". Bianet. 4 January 2022.
  11. ↑ "70-Jährige aus Deutschland in Ankara festgenommen". ANF News (in German). Retrieved 2022-03-22.
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