Fatma Kaplan Hürriyet (born 20 March 1982) is a Turkish lawyer and politician from the Republican People's Party (CHP) who served as the Member of Parliament for Kocaeli from June 2015 till her election as Mayor of İzmit in the 2019 local elections.

In January 2017, Fatma Kaplan Hürriyet was allegedly strangled by AKP Parliamentary Group Leader Mustafa Elitaş after she filmed Elitaş and Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım casting open votes at parliamentary voting for constitutional amendments.

Fatma Kaplan Hürriyet

Hürriyet was one of 15 CHP deputies to join the Good Party on 21 April 2018. She rejoined the CHP less than a month later.

Fatma Kaplan Hürriyet

In the 2019 local elections, Hürriyet was elected mayor of İzmit with 50% of the vote. She was sworn in on April 15.

Fatma Kaplan Hürriyet

See also

25th Parliament of Turkey

26th Parliament of Turkey

27th Parliament of Turkey

References

External links

Official Website

MP profile on the Grand National Assembly website

Contemporary Republican People's Party (Turkey) politicians

Good Party politicians

Deputies of Kocaeli

Members of the 25th Parliament of Turkey

Members of the 26th Parliament of Turkey

Members of the 27th Parliament of Turkey

Living people

Turkish women lawyers

People from Tekirdağ

1982 births

Kocaeli University alumni

21st-century Turkish women politicians

21st-century Turkish politicians

21st-century Turkish lawyers

Turkish women MPs

21st-century women lawyers