Salihe Aydeniz

Salihe Aydeniz (born 1973, Ergani, Turkey[1]) is a Kurdish politician of the Democratic Regions Party (DBP) and a current member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. Since November 2019, she is the co-chair of the DBP.[2]

Salihe Aydeniz
Member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Assumed office
June 2018
ConstituencyDiyarbakır
Co-Chair of the Democratic Regions Party
Assumed office
December 2019
Preceded bySebahat Tuncel
Personal details
Born1973
Ergani, Diyarbakır
Political partyDBP
Other political
affiliations		HDP

Education and early life

She received her primary education in Ergani, Diyarbakır and graduated as a nurse from the health institute in Diyarbakır.[3] Following she worked as a nurse in Dargeçit, Mardin.[1] She also presided over the Trade Union of Public Employees in Health and Social Services and was a member of the Democratic Society Congress (DTK).[4]

Political career

She was elected to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey representing the HDP for Diyarbakır in the Parliamentary Election in June 2018.[5] On the 30 November 2019, she assumed as a Co-Chair of HDPs sister-party the DBP following which she left the HDP.[2] With her membership of the DBP, the party became the 10th party represented in the Turkish Parliament.[2] As an MP she is for a solution for a political solution for the Kurdish-Turkish conflict and supports that the Turkish opposition makes a more constructive approach to the Kurdish demands on Kurdish language and culture.[6] She doesn't go to Ankara often and laments that the demands for an improvement of the human rights in the Turkish Kurdistan are seldom answered in the Turkish Parliament.[7]

Personal life

She is married and has two children.[3]

References
  1. "Salihe Aydeniz". Grand National Assembly of Turkey. Retrieved 2021-06-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "HDP's sister party DBP becomes 10th party in Turkish parliament". Gazete Duvar. 2019-12-20. Retrieved 2021-06-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "Saliha Aydeniz kimdir? - Yeni Akit". Yeni Akit (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-06-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. Söylemez, Ayça (25 July 2017). "Doctors Arrested in Diyarbakır; Operations, Medical Control of Patients Cancelled". Bianet.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. "DİYARBAKIR İli Cumhurbaşkanı Seçimi ve Milletvekili Seçimi Sonuçları". Haberler.com (in Turkish). June 2018. Retrieved 2021-06-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. Şah Oruç, Mehmet (17 April 2021). "Aydeniz: Opposition that doesn't approach the Kurdish problem with courage can not come to power". Mezapotamya Ajansi. Retrieved 2021-06-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. Molina, Fabian (2018-10-19). "Keine Melonen-Feste mehr". P.S. (in German). Retrieved 2021-06-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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