Can Atalay

Şerafettin Can Atalay is a Turkish lawyer, activist, and politician.

Şerafettin Can Atalay
Member of the Grand National Assembly
In office
2 June 2023  30 January 2024
ConstituencyHatay (2023)
Personal details
Born (1976-03-24) 24 March 1976
Istanbul, Turkey
Political partyWorkers' Party of Turkey
Alma materMarmara University

He served as a lawyer in many social cases in Turkey, such as the Soma mine disaster, Ermenek mine accident, 2016 Adana student dormitory fire, Çorlu train derailment, and freedom of thought cases of journalists and writers. He served as the lawyer of Taksim Solidarity, which was established against the attempt to build a shopping mall in Taksim's Gezi Park. In 2022 he was convicted to 18 years in prison during the Gezi Park lawsuit. During the 2023 Turkish parliamentary elections he was elected as a member of parliament for the Hatay province for the Workers' Party of Turkey. He is currently serving his sentence in the Marmara Prison.

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