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Former Mayor of Diyarbakır, Turkey From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Adnan Selçuk Mızraklı (born in Siverek, 1963) is a Kurdish politician of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and former member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey and Mayor of Diyarbakir.
Adnan Selçuk Mizraklı | |
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| Mayor of Diyarbakır | |
| In office 31 March 2019 – 19 August 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Cumali Atilla |
| Succeeded by | Hasan Basri Güzeloğlu |
| Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
| In office 24 June 2018 – 31 March 2019 | |
| Constituency | Diyarbakır (2018) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1963 Siverek, Şanliurfa Province, Turkey |
| Political party | Peoples' Democratic Party |
| Occupation | Surgeon, politician |
When Mızraklı was three years old his family moved to Eskişehir due to his father's work.[1] He attended the primary and secondary school in Eskişehir.[1] After completing his studies at the faculty of medicine he began working as a doctor in Diyarbakir in 1991.[1] He worked as a surgeon and was involved in the Medical Chamber.[1] He was also active in the Democratic Society Congress (DTK) since 2000.[1] Due this his involvement in the DTK he was arrested for 2 months in 2017.[1]
In the General Elections of the 24 June 2018 he was elected to represent Diyarbakir as an MP.[2] In the Municipal election of the 31 March 2019 he was elected as Mayor of Diyarbakir with 62.93% of the votes.[3] He became well known amongst the opposition as he made public a luxury suite in Diyarbakir Municipality which was built before he took office.[4] Due to political pressure, he was dismissed as the Mayor of Diyarbakir on 19 August 2019.[5] The population of Diyarbakir protested for weeks against this decision.[6]
Mızraklı was detained on the 21 October 2019 and charged with being a member of terror organization.[7] The prosecution alleged that Mizrakli had attended funerals of PKK members[8] and that he shall have performed surgery for an alleged member of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).[9] Human Rights Watch stated that "the evidence in an indictment against him does not support the charge that he was involved with terrorism or committed crimes."[10] On the 9 March 2020 he was sentenced to 9 years and 4 months imprisonment for membership in a terror organization.[11] He was accused of terror propaganda since April 2020 in an additional case.[12] In that case, the prosecution saw his participation in meetings organized by the HDP or his activism against the execution of Ramin Hossein-Penahi in Iran as terror propaganda.[12] In September 2021 he was acquitted.[12]
Initially being detained in a prison in Diyarbakir, he was transferred away of his hometown from the prison in Diyarbakir in Southeast Anatolia to a prison facility in Kayseri in central Anatolia.[13] He is one of several elected mayors of the HDP, currently in detention in Turkey.[14][12] In February 2022 and at his own request, he was transferred to the F-type prison in Edirne, the same prison in which Selahattin Demirtaş is imprisoned.[15]
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