Dilek Öcalan
Dilek Öcalan (born 3 October 1987) is a Kurdish politician of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) who served as a Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Şanlıurfa, Turkey, from 2015 to 2018. She is the niece of Abdullah Öcalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militant organisation that has been in conflict with the Turkish Armed Forces since the 1980s, making both her candidacy and election to the Grand National Assembly controversial.
Dilek Öcalan MP | |
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Dilek Öcalan | |
| Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
| In office 7 June 2015 – 2018 | |
| Constituency | Şanlıurfa (June 2015, Nov 2015) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 October 1987 Halfeti, Şanlıurfa, Turkey |
| Citizenship | Turkey |
| Nationality | Kurdish |
| Political party | Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) |
| Other political affiliations | Democratic Regions Party (DBP) |
| Relatives | Abdullah Öcalan (uncle) Osman Öcalan (uncle) Ömer Öcalan (cousin) |
| Occupation | Politician |
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