Musa Farisoğulları

Musa Farisoğulları (born 1956, Genç, Bingöl) is a Kurdish politician and a member of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP).[1]

Musa Farisogullari
Member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
In office
June 2018 – June 2020
ConstituencyDiyarbakır
Personal details
Born1956
Genç, Bingöl
CitizenshipTurkish
NationalityKurdish
Political partyHDP

Early life and education

He attended primary and secondary education as well as the vocational school at Diyarbakır.[2]

Political career

He was involved in Kurdish politics since 1973, been a member of the People's Labour Party (HEP)[1] and also of the Democratic Society Party (DTP). He was banned to engage in political activities for five years in December 2009 following the closure case against the DTP.[3] In the general elections of June 2018, he was elected as a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey representing Diyarbakır for the HDP.[4] In parliament he was a member of the Information and Technology commission.[5]

Political positions

He is of the view that Turkish Kurdistan is being colonized, that Turkey wants to do the same to Kurds like they did to the Armenians and that the reason of why the Kurds are still surviving is due to their capabilities to organize.[1] He supports a unity of the four parts of Kurdistan and opposed the Turkish cross-border attack against Afrin in Syria in 2018 and also defended the fact that he attended a funeral of militants of the Peoples' Defense Forces (HPG).[1]

Prosecution and imprisonment

He was sentenced to six years imprisonment within the Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) main case in September 2019[6] but was not arrested due to his parliamentary immunity. He was dismissed from parliament together with Enis Berberoğlu and Leyla Güven in June 2020 arrested jointly with Güven in Diyarbakir.[7] Their dismissal was condemned by the Turkey rapporteur of the European Parliament, Nacho Sanchez Amor.[8]

According to his own account, he has been imprisoned for twelve years.[1] Since his arrest in 2019, the communication between the HDP and himself is difficult, as a letter of the HDP was not allowed to be delivered to him on grounds that it contained propaganda of an illegal organization.[9] In March 2022, he was released.[10]

Personal life

Musa Farisoğulları is married and has 3 children.[2]

References
  1. Kurtay, Mahir (11 September 2018). "The struggle in North Kurdistan: an interview with HDP MP, Musa Farisoğulları". OpenDemocracy. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
  2. "Musa Farisoğulları kimdir? - Yeni Akit". www.yeniakit.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  3. "Turkey's Constitutional Court closes DTP - Hurriyet Daily News". Hürriyet. 11 December 2007. Archived from the original on 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
  4. "DİYARBAKIR, HANİ İlçesi Cumhurbaşkanı Seçimi ve Milletvekili Seçimi Sonuçları". secim.haberler.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  5. "Musa Farisoğulları kimdir? Musa Farisoğulları nereli?". www.sozcu.com.tr. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  6. "KCK main case: Supreme Court of Appeals Upholds Prison Sentences of 3 HDP MPs". Bianet. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  7. McKernan, Bethan (2020-06-05). "Three Turkish opposition MPs expelled from office and arrested". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  8. Kucukgocmen, Ali (5 June 2020). "Turkey jails three MPs stripped of parliamentary status". Nasdaq. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  9. "Letter HDP sent to Farisoğulları confiscated by prison administration". Mezapotamiya Ajansı. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  10. "Kurdish former deputy released from prison in Turkey's Diyarbakır". Ahval. 19 March 2022.
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