Semra Güzel

She was born in Viransehir in the province of Sanliurfa where she attended primary and secondary education.[1] She graduated from the University of Harran where she studied medicine.[1] She then was employed at the Children's and Gynecological Hospital of Mardin in May 2009 and by November 2010 she became a medic in Nusaybin, Mardin province.[2] In 2012, she followed up on her studies at the Anesthetics and Reanimation department of the Gazi Yasargil Hospital in Diyarbakir.[2] Additionally, she served as a Member of the Board and a Co-Chair in the Medical Chamber of Diyarbakir.[1]

She was elected to the Turkish Parliament in the parliamentary elections of 2018, representing the HDP for Diyarbakir.[3] In parliament she was concerned on issues concerning health and the Kurdish language. She questioned the fact that Health Ministry's medical hotline didn't provide a service in the Kurdish language but in other languages[4] and also that the Health Cards issued in a hospital in Elazig were in 17 languages but excluded the Kurdish language which is spoken by a considerable population in the province of Elazig and also in Turkey.[5] Due to press reports which showed her together with a member of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Özgür Özel of the Republican People's Party (CHP) mentioned the party would approve the lifting of her parliamentary immunity.[6] She defended herself claiming that she had been engaged to Volkan Bora and as they met in 2014, it was during the peace process between the PKK and Turkey.[3][2]

She was engaged to the PKK militant Volkan Bora, who was killed in a Turkish airstrike in Adiyaman.[2]