Züleyha Gülüm

Züleyha Gülüm (born 1 January 1971, Ardahan, Turkey)[1] is a lawyer and politician of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP). She is a human and women rights activist and since 2018 she is a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey.

Züleyha Gülüm
Member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Assumed office
June 2018
Personal details
Born1 January 1979
Ardahan
Political partyPeoples' Democratic Party
Alma materUniversity of Istanbul
ProfessionLawyer, politician

Early life and education

Züleyha Gülüm was born in Ardahan, and grew up in Istanbul, where she attended primary and secondary education.[1] She graduated from the law school at the Istanbul University[2] and is a practicing lawyer since 1999.[1]

Political career

In the parliamentary elections of 2018, she was elected to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey representing the HDP for the third electoral district of Istanbul.[3] Since she has voiced support for the hunger-striking musicians of Grup Yorum,[4] the LGBT community[5][6] and Women rights activists.[7] As the Istanbul Convention on violence against women was still in force, she demanded answers from Zehra Zümrüt Selçuk the Minister of Family, Labor and Social Services on how the convention is applied in Turkey, the relevant authorities cooperated with the LGTB community and women rights organizations.[7] After Turkey withdrew from the convention by presidential decree, she and other HDP MPs organized a protest against the decision.[8] Her appearance in forums defending women rights at times also leads to controversies, most notably with the Nationalist Movement Party, whose representative of the Burhanye district rallied for support on a raid of a local panel on the 25 November 2021, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.[9]

References
  1. "Züleyha Gülüm Kocaeli Belediye Başkan Adayı". Sözcü (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-12-30.
  2. "Züleyha Gülüm kimdir? - Yeni Akit". www.yeniakit.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-12-30.
  3. "24 Haziran 2018 İstanbul Genel Seçim Sonuçları". www.haberturk.com. Retrieved 2021-12-30.
  4. "Grup Yorum üyelerinden İbrahim Gökçek ve Helin Bölek'in 260 gündür ölüm orucunda olduklarına ve ölüm orucuyla hak aramak zorunda kalınmaması gerektiğine ilişkin açıklaması". www.tbmm.gov.tr. 4 March 2020. Retrieved 2021-12-30.
  5. Kocak, Selma (4 October 2021). "HDP MP Gülüm requested Parliamentary investigation about anti-LGBTI+ hate speech at media". Kaos GL. Retrieved 2021-12-30.
  6. "HDP requests Parliamentary investigation into hate speech against LGBTI+s in the media". Bianet. 30 September 2021.
  7. "'Why doesn't Turkey enforce the İstanbul Convention?'". Bianet. 3 March 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  8. "HDP MPs: İstanbul Convention is in effect!". Bianet. 11 May 2021.
  9. "MHP members threaten to raid panel discussion over HDP MP's attendance". Gazete Duvar. 2021-11-23. Retrieved 2021-12-30.
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