Zeynep Oduncu

Zeynep Oduncu (born 1987, Gerçüs, Turkey) is a former politician of the Democratic Regions Party (DBP) and the Democratic People's Party (HDP). Since June 2023, she is a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey for the Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party).

Zeynep Oduncu

Early life and education

Zeynep Oduncu was born 1 January 1989 in Gercüş, where she also attended high school.[1]

Political career

Since 2014, Zeynep Oduncu became a co-mayor of Gercüs, alongside Abdülkerim Kaya.[2] In September 2015 she was shortly detained together with several other politicians of the DBP politicians in Batman.[3] In November 2016, she was dismissed from the Municipal Council of Gerçüs by the Ministry of the Interior.[1] The same month[4] and the next[5] the police raided her house in Gerçüs.[4] In December 2016 Oduncu and her co-mayor Abdulkerim Kaya were detained and a trustee was appointed to the Gerçüs municipality.[6] In May 2022, she was shortly detained within a group of women politicians of the HDP.[7] In the electoral campaign towards the elections of 2023, she emphasized the importance of a solution to the Kurdish question, that Kurds do not want to be felt marginalized due to their identity.[8] On an other side, she also focused on health and environmental issues.[8] In the parliamentary elections of May 2023, she was elected to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey representing Batman for the YSP.[9]

References

1. Şafak, Yeni (2023-06-23). "Batman Gercüş Belediye Başkan Adayı Zeynep Oduncu Kimdir?". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-06-23.
2. "Gercüş'de Belediye Başkanları Mazbatalarını Aldı". April 2014.
3. "Batman Belediye Eş Başkanı DBP'li Gülistan Akel dahil 26 kişi tutuklandı - Diken". www.diken.com.tr (in Turkish). 2015-09-21. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
4. "Gercüş Belediye Eş Başkanı'nın evine baskın". Bianet.
5. "Gercüş'te belediye eş başkanları gözaltına alındı". Evrensel.
6. "Gercüş Co-Mayors Detained". Bianet.
7. "11 women detained in Batman". JINHAGENCY News. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
8. ""BATMAN'DA YÜZDE 70 OY ALIRIZ"". BATMAN ÇAĞDAŞ GAZETESİ (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-06-23.
9. "Batman'in Yeni Milletvekilleri". Batman Petrol (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-06-23.