Fatma Kaplan Hürriyet (born 20 March 1982) is a Turkish lawyer and politician from the Republican People's Party (CHP) who served as the Member of Parliament for Kocaeli from June 2015 till her election as Mayor of İzmit in the 2019 local elections.[2]
In January 2017, Fatma Kaplan Hürriyet was allegedly strangled by AKP Parliamentary Group Leader Mustafa Elitaş after she filmed Elitaş and Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım casting open votes at parliamentary voting for constitutional amendments.[3]
Hürriyet was one of 15 CHP deputies to join the Good Party on 21 April 2018.[4] She rejoined the CHP less than a month later.[5]
In the 2019 local elections, Hürriyet was elected mayor of İzmit with 50% of the vote.[6] She was sworn in on April 15.[7]
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References
- ^ "Fatma kaplan hürriyet". Archived from the original on 2017-03-18. Retrieved 2017-03-17.
- ^ "Türki̇ye Büyük Mi̇llet Mecli̇si̇".
- ^ "Fatma Kaplan Hürriyet bu görüntüleri çektiği için darbedildi". Evrensel.net. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ^ "15 CHP MPS quit and join Good Party to secure its participation in snap election - Turkey News".
- ^ "15 vekil CHP'den istifa ederek İYİ Parti'ye geçti". www.trthaber.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-09-26.
- ^ "İzmit'te CHP'lilerin Fatma Kaplan Hürriyet sevinci".
- ^ https://www.enkocaeli.com/2019/04/15/fatma-kaplan-hurriyet-resmeen-izmit-belediye-baskani/ [dead link]
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