Bengi Yıldız

Bengi Yildiz (born 15 November 1965 in Kozluk, Batman Province, Turkey) was a Member of Parliament of the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) for Batman, Turkey.

Bengi Yıldız
Member of the Grand National Assembly
Assembly Member
for Batman, Turkey
In office
2007–2011
In office
2011–2014
Personal details
Born15 November 1965
Kozluk, Batman Province,
CitizenshipTurkish
NationalityKurdish
Alma materİstanbul University

Bengi Yildiz is a lawyer by training, graduating from Istanbul University Law Faculty, and has worked as a journalist for the newspapers Gündem, Demokrasi, Ülkeden Özgür Gündem.[1]

He is a former President of the Batman branch of the Turkish Human Rights Association (IHD).[2]

In July 2007, he stood as an independent candidate for the Democratic Society Party (DTP) supported Thousand Hopes alliance in the Turkish parliamentary elections and entered the Turkish Parliament as an MP for Batman joining the DTP. He was a member of the Turkey EU Joint parliamentary committee.[1]

He was re-elected in the 12 June 2011 general election.[3]

He is married with two children.[1]

On 25 July 2011 he declared that Kurds under the control of PKK/BDP would stop paying taxes to the Turkish government.[4] He suggested that PKK/BDP would form a Libyan Jumhuriya type of structure whereby in every neighborhood and city the PKK/BDP supported Kurds would locally organize and abolish political parties to create a "self-determined democratic" autonomy. He furthermore suggested that although PKK/BDP supported Kurds want to be exempt from taxes it is still the responsibility of the Turkish Republic to invest in their infrastructure, roads, schools and pay for their public servants.[5]

During his term as MP, he was an outspoken supporter of speaking the Kurdish language.[6] This drew criticism from Turkish Parliament Speaker Mehmet Ali Sahin from the Justice and Development Party (AKP), reminding him that to speak Kurdish was not allowed according to Article 81 of the Political Parties Law.[7]

References
  1. "MEMBERS OF TURKISH DELEGATION TO TURKEY-EU JOINT PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE" (PDF). 9 September 2009.
  2. "An Exclusive Interview with Mr. Bengi Yildiz". Kurdish Herald. September 2009. Retrieved 15 May 2010.
  3. "BATMAN SASON 2011 GENEL SEÇİM SONUÇLARI". secim.haberler.com. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  4. "Bengi Stars: Taxes are not going to!". Dunya Bulteni. 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  5. "Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi 23. Dönem Milletvekili". Grand National Assembly of Turkey. 2007. Retrieved 15 May 2010.
  6. "BDP's Bengi Yildiz spoke Kurdish at the Turkish parliament". ekurd.net. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  7. "Speaker warns MPs speaking Kurdish in parliamentary meeting". Worldbulletin. Retrieved 12 December 2019.


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