Rıdvan Turan

Turkish politician

Rıdvan Turan

Member of the Grand National Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 July 2018
Constituency	Mersin (2018)
In office 7 June 2015 – 1 November 2015
Constituency	Adana (June 2015)

Personal details
Born	(1971-03-29) March 29, 1971 (age 53) Reşadiye, Tokat, Turkey
Political party	Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP)
Alma mater	Uludağ University
Occupation	Politician

Rıdvan Turan (born 1 January 1971) is a Turkish politician from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), who serves as a Member of Parliament for Mersin.^[1]

Born in Reşadiye, Tokat, Turan graduated from Uludağ University Faculty of Medicine in 1995. In 2008, he was elected as the leader of the Socialist Democracy Party, which was a member of the Peoples' Democratic Congress and was thus instrumental in the establishment of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) in 2012. In Jul 2013 he was convicted to 6 years and 3 months imprisonment being a member of an illegal organization. The sentence was appealed.^[2] He was elected Member of Parliament for the HDP in the June 2015 general election^[3] but lost his seat in the snap election held on 1 November 2015.

He regained a seat in the 2018 parliamentary election representing Mersin.^[4]

References

^ "Rıdvan Turan - HDP Mersin Milletvekili | Milletvekilin". milletvekilin.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-01-08.
^ "Devrimci Karargah Case Verdict Announced". Bianet. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
^ "ADANA 2015 GENEL SEÇİM SONUÇLARI". secim.haberler.com. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
^ "Mersin milletvekilleri belli oldu! 24 Haziran seçimleri sonrası Mersin'den çıkan 13 milletvekili ismi belli oldu". www.sozcu.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-10-06.