İshak Sağlam

İshak Sağlam (b. 1966; Kozluk) is a Kurdish politician and lawyer in Turkey who led the Kurdish Islamist Free Cause Party from October 2018 to June 2021.^[1][2] He subsequently became deputy chairman and head of human rights and legal affairs of the party.^[3]

İshak Sağlam
Leader of the Free Cause Party
In office 7 October 2018 – 6 June 2021
Preceded by	Mehmet Yavuz
Succeeded by	Zekeriya Yapıcıoğlu
Personal details
Born	1966 (1966) Batman
Political party	Free Cause Party
Children	7
Alma mater	Dicle University

Biography

Born in 1966 in the town of Kozluk in Batman Province, Sağlam graduated from Dicle University in 1992 and subsequently as a lawyer.^[1] In the 2000s, he worked as a defender for members of the Movement of the Oppressed, but was also sentenced to 6 years prison for being a member of the organization.^[4]

In October 2018, he was elected leader of the Free Cause Party at the third convention of the party, winning 777 votes out of 1,165.^[5] In April 2019, Sağlam and a delegation from the Free Cause Party visited Kurdistan Region of Iraq and met with Kurdistan Democratic Party leader Masoud Barzani.^[6]

References

1. "HÜDA PAR yeni genel başkanını seçti". Kurdistan24 (in Turkish). 7 October 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
2. "Kurdistan Islamic Union congratulates Zekeriya Yapıcıoğlu for winning HÜDA PAR chairmanship". Dogru Haber. 5 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
3. "BAŞKANLIK DİVANI" (in Turkish). Retrieved 14 March 2023.
4. Çiçek, Nevzat (2008). Puşi ve sarık (in Turkish). Hayykitap. p. 75. ISBN 9789759059460.
5. "HÜDA PAR Genel Başkanlığına İshak Sağlam seçildi". Ilkha. 7 October 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
6. "HUDA PAR President Ishak Sağlam meets Barzani". Ilkha. 30 April 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2021.