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Pervin Buldan
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| Chairwoman of the Peoples' Democratic Party | |
| In office 11 February 2018 – 27 August 2023 Serving with Mithat Sancar
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| Preceded by | Serpil Kemalbay |
| Succeeded by | Sultan Özcan |
| Deputy Speaker of the Grand National Assembly | |
| Assumed office 14 June 2025 |
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| Speaker | Numan Kurtulmuş |
| Serving with | Bekir Bozdağ Tekin Bingöl Celal Adan |
| Preceded by | Sırrı Süreyya Önder |
| In office 23 November 2015 – 20 February 2018 |
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| Speaker | İsmail Kahraman |
| Serving with | Ahmet Aydın Ayşe Nur Bahçekapılı Akif Hamzaçebi |
| Preceded by | Yurdusev Özsökmenler |
| Succeeded by | Mithat Sancar |
| Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
| Assumed office 23 July 2007 |
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| Constituency | Iğdır (2007, 2011) İstanbul (III) (June 2015, Nov 2015) İstanbul (I) (2018) Van (2023) |
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| Born | 6 November 1967 Hakkâri Province, Turkey |
| Political party | Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) (2023-present) |
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Democratic Society Party (2007–2009) Peace and Democracy Party (2009–2014) Peoples' Democratic Party (2014–2023) Independent (during 2007 and 2011 elections) |
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Savaş Buldan
(m. 1987; died 1994) |
Pervin Buldan, born on November 6, 1967, is a well-known Turkish politician. She is of Kurdish background. She has been a significant leader in the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP). She served as a deputy speaker in the Turkish Parliament. From 2018 to 2023, she was a co-leader of the HDP.
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Pervin Buldan's Early Life
Pervin Buldan was born in Hakkâri Province, Turkey, in 1967. She grew up and went to school there. After finishing high school, she started working for the local government.
In 1987, at age 19, she married Savaş Buldan. They moved to Istanbul in 1990. Pervin became a full-time homemaker. Their first child, Necirvan, was born in 1991.
Her husband, Savaş Buldan, was a businessman and supported the political opposition. In 1993, the Turkish Prime Minister at the time spoke about a list of businessmen who supported certain groups. After this, Savaş started receiving threats. On June 3, 1994, Savaş and two friends were taken after leaving a hotel. Their bodies were found the next day. They had been tortured and shot. Pervin Buldan's daughter, Zelal, was born on the same day, June 4.
Later, Pervin Buldan took her case to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). This court helps people whose human rights have been violated. The ECHR decided that Turkey had not properly investigated her husband's death. They ordered Turkey to pay money to Pervin and her family.
Advocating for Human Rights
In 2001, Pervin Buldan started an organization called Yakay-Der. This group helps families of people who have gone missing in Turkey. She is currently the president of this organization. Before Yakay-Der, she worked for a similar group called Mag-Der. This group was closed by Turkish authorities.
Yakay-Der was inspired by the "Saturday Mothers". This group used peaceful protests to bring attention to cases of people who disappeared while in custody. These cases became known in Turkey and around the world. Buldan has explained how they would hold sit-down protests every week. They would gather at Galatasaray Square to ask about the missing people. They wanted the government to address these disappearances.
Pervin Buldan's Political Journey
After her husband's death, Pervin Buldan decided to enter politics. She ran for a seat in the Turkish Parliament in 1999 and 2002. However, her party did not get enough votes to enter Parliament.
In July 2007, Buldan ran as an independent candidate. She was part of an alliance called "Thousand Hopes." She was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Iğdır. She was re-elected for a second time in 2011.
In 2013, she visited Abdullah Öcalan in prison. This was part of a peace process between different groups in Turkey. She was a deputy chair of the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) at the time.
On February 11, 2018, she was chosen as a co-leader of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP). She shared this role with Sezai Temelli. In the 2018 elections, she was elected as an MP for Istanbul. In February 2020, she was re-elected as co-chair. Mithat Sancar became the new co-chair.
In 2021, she and other HDP politicians faced challenges related to their political party. In the 2023 parliamentary elections, she was re-elected to the Grand National Assembly. She represented Van for the Green Left Party (YSP).
Pervin Buldan's Political Views
Pervin Buldan does not support the idea of one person having too much power in government. She believes in education in the Kurdish language. She has also spoken out against replacing elected mayors with government-appointed officials. As a co-chair of the HDP, she met with the opposition's presidential candidate, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu. After their meeting, the HDP announced they would not nominate their own presidential candidate.
