Saruhan Oluç

Hakkı Saruhan Oluç (born 14 January 1958, Istanbul, Turkey[1]) is a Turkish politician and engineer, a former member and founder of the Freedom and Solidarity Party (ÖDP)[2] and current member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey for the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP).[1]

Saruhan Oluç
Member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
In office
June 2015 – November 2015
Assumed office
June 2018
Personal details
Born14 January 1958
Istanbul
CitizenshipTurkish
Political partyHDP
OccupationJournalist, Politician

Early life and education

He was born in Istanbul in 1958 and pursued his studies in Aachen, Germany, where he graduated from the University of Rhine-Westphalia in mechanical engineering.[3] Following his return to Turkey, he was a contributor to a Turkish encyclopedia focusing on socialist issues[3] and a journalist for the left-wing BirGün.[4]

Political career

He supported the Thousand Hopes candidates in 2007 and also the Labour, Democracy and Freedom Bloc in the 2011 elections.[5] He was elected to the Turkish parliament representing Antalya for the Peoples Democratic Party (HDP) in the general election of June 2015[6] but not re-elected in the snap elections in November 2015.[7] He was elected into the Turkish parliament again in the parliamentary elections of 2018, this time representing Istanbul.[8] In July 2018, he was elected the speaker of the HDP, succeeding Ayhan Bilgen.[9]

Political positions

He opposes the presidential system introduced by Recep Tayyip Erdogan[10][11] and criticized the attempts to close the HDP by Devlet Bahçeli, the leader of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP).[12] Besides he is demands a political solution for the Kurdish and Alevi population in Turkey and sees the attempts to abolish the presidential system in Turkey by the opposition parties led by the Republican People's Party {CHP} as insufficient.[11] In January 2022, he was involved in talks regarding the creation of a Democratic Alliance with parties not represented in parliament for the next electoral campaign.[13]

References
  1. "Hakkı Saruhan Oluç kimdir? - Yeni Akit". www.yeniakit.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  2. Aydın, Dr Yaşar. "YSGP". bpb.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  3. "Hakkı Saruhan Oluç". www.biyografya.com. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  4. GOTTSCHLICH, JÜRGEN (2007-05-05). ""Notfalls werden die Panzer rollen"". Die Tageszeitung: taz (in German). p. 12. ISSN 0931-9085. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  5. Payı, Doğruluk. "Hakkı Saruhan Oluç". www.dogrulukpayi.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  6. Şafak, Yeni (2021-01-18). "Seçim Sonuçları 2015 - Milletvekili Genel Seçim Sonuçları". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  7. Şafak, Yeni (2021-01-18). "Antalya Seçim Sonuçları 2015 - Genel Seçim Kasım 2015". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  8. "İllere Göre 27. Dönem Milletvekili Genel Seçim Sonuçları". secim.haberler.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  9. "Saruhan Oluç wird HDP-Sprecher". ANF News (in German). Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  10. Tschinderle, Franziska (2019-02-13). "Türkische Linke: "Wir machen weiter"". www.woz.ch (in German). Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  11. "Turkey: HDP criticises declaration by six opposition parties". Medya News. 2022-03-04. Retrieved 2022-03-09.
  12. "HDP GROUP DEPUTY CHAIR OLUÇ: 'MHP Chair Bahçeli commits a Constitutional crime'". Bianet - Bagimsiz Iletisim Agi. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  13. "HDP to meet political parties not represented in Parliament". Bianet. 17 January 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
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