Ayla Akat Ata

Ayla Akat Ata (born 16 February 1976) is a Kurdish[1] politician of the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP).[2] She was also a defense lawyer for Abdullah Öcalan, leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).[3]

Ayla Akat Ata
MP
In office
2007–2011
ConstituencyBatman, Turkey
In office
2011–2015
ConstituencyBatman, Turkey
Personal details
Born (1976-02-16) February 16, 1976
CitizenshipTurkey
Alma materDicle University

Early life and education

Ayla Akat Ata was born in Sur Diyarbakır in 1976. Since graduating from the Faculty of Law at Dicle University in Diyarbakır, she has been working as a lawyer. She is a member of the Turkish Human Rights Association (İHD),[4] defender of women's rights[5] and a co-founder of the Free Womens' Congress (KJA), which is organized through an assembly of 501 members.[6]

Political career

In July 2007, she stood as an independent candidate in the Turkish parliamentary elections and entered the Turkish Parliament,[7] joining the Democratic Society Party (DTP).

In September 2007, she and Aysel Tuğluk were charged with “conducting propaganda for an outlawed organization” and “aiding and abetting a terrorist organization.”[3]

After the DTP was banned on 11 December 2009, she joined the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP).

She was re-elected in the 12 June 2011 general election.[8] In January 2013 she was involved in the peace process between the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the Turkish Government and met with Abdullah Öcalan in İmralı together with Ahmet Türk.[9]

On the 26 October 2016, she was detained and later arrested while attending a protest against the dismissal of the Co-Mayors Gültan Kışanak and Fırat Anlı[10] and accused of "managing a terrorist organization".[11] She was released on the 4 May 2017.[12] She was re-arrested in February 2018 for a speech she gave in relation of Kamber Moroç who had died as Turkish soldiers opened fire on a bus. In this case she was released in May 2018.[10] In September 2020, she was detained with other 82 politicians over accusations that she supported the Kobanî protests in 2014, which were in support of the Kurdish population besieged in Kobanî by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).[13]

References
  1. "Anayasada 'İki Dil Bir Bavul' krizi" (in Turkish). 6 October 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  2. "DTP set to escalate tension before local elections". Turkish Exporter. 2009-02-27. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
  3. "Turkish State steps up pressure on Kurdish politicians". Jamestown Foundation. 2007-09-05. Archived from the original on 2010-12-25. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
  4. "Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi 23. Dönem Milletvekili". Grand National Assembly of Turkey. 2007. Archived from the original on 2011-06-17. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
  5. Drechselová, Lucie; Çelik, Adnan (2019-06-27). Kurds in Turkey: Ethnographies of Heterogeneous Experiences. Lexington Books. p. 32. ISBN 978-1-4985-7525-6.
  6. Daudén, Laura. "In the context of life and death, non-violence is a privilege" (PDF). p. 240. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  7. "Batman SEÇİM SONUÇLARI". secim.haberler.com. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  8. "BATMAN 2011 GENEL SEÇİM SONUÇLARI". secim.haberler.com. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  9. "Ahmet Türk Arrested". Bianet. 25 November 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  10. "HDP's Akat Ata, Aktaş Released". Binet. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  11. "Turkish court arrests Diyarbakır co-mayors - Turkey News". Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved 2020-02-10.
  12. "KJA Spokeswoman Ayla Akat Ata released from prison". ANF News. Retrieved 2020-02-10.
  13. "Turkish police detain HDP members, including Mayor Bilgen, over 2014 Kobane protests". www.duvarenglish.com. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
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