Ceylan Akça Cupolo (born 1986, Hazro, Turkey) is a politician of the Party of Greens and the Left Future (YSP) and since June 2023 a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Early life and education
Ceylan Akça was born in Hazro, Diyarbakir Province in 1986. She graduated from the Dokuz Eylül University in Izmir.with a BSc in American culture and literature in 2009 and returned to the university in 2022 for her MSc. Following she became an advisor to the People's Democratic Party (HDP) for several years.
Political career
During her electoral campaign to the parliamentary election in 2023, Ceylan Akça Cupolo aimed to defend the position of the Kurdish people and for that the Kurdish rights become included in the Turkish constitution. In May 2023, she was elected into the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, representing Diyarbakir for the YSP.
Political positions
She does not classify free elections to be free elections of the electoral campaign is not free as well. She is favor of a free press and opposed the detention of Merdan Yanardag for criticizing the long imprisonment of Abdullah Öcalan.
Personal life
Ceylan Akça Cupolo is married with the journalist from Al Monitor Diego Cupolo with who she has a child.