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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 | |
| In office 23 November 2015 – 6 March 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 22 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' Democratic Party (HDP) |
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Democratic Society Party (2007–09) Peace and Democracy Party (2009–14) Independent (during 2007 and 2011 elections) |
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Savaş Buldan
(m. 1987; died 1994) |
Pervin Buldan (born 6 November 1967) is a Turkish politician. She is from a Kurdish background. She was a member of the Democratic Society Party (DTP). She also served as a deputy speaker in the Turkish Parliament. On 11 February 2018, she became a co-leader of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP).
Early Life and Family
Pervin Buldan was born in Hakkâri Province, Turkey, in 1967. She grew up and went to school there. After finishing high school, she began working for the local government.
At 19, she married Savaş Buldan. In 1990, the couple moved to Istanbul. Pervin became a full-time housewife. Their first child, Necirvan, was born a year later.
In 1994, a sad event changed her life. Her husband, Savaş Buldan, was a businessman. He was taken and later found dead. Pervin gave birth to her daughter, Zelal, on the same day. Later, she took a legal case to the European Court of Human Rights. The court ruled in her favor. It said that the investigation into her husband's death was not done properly.
Human Rights Work
After her husband's death, Pervin Buldan became very active in human rights. In 2001, she helped start Yakay-Der. This group helps families of people who have gone missing in Turkey. She is now the president of this association.
Before Yakay-Der, she worked with 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 disappearing. Pervin Buldan has talked about how they would protest every week. They would ask the government for answers about those who had disappeared.
Political Career
Pervin Buldan decided to enter politics after her husband's death. 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, she ran as an independent candidate. She was part of an alliance called "Thousand Hopes." She won a seat in the Turkish Parliament for Iğdır. She was re-elected in 2011.
In 2013, she visited Abdullah Öcalan in prison. This was part of a peace effort between the PKK and Turkey. She was a deputy chair of the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) at the time.
On 11 February 2018, she was elected as a co-leader of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP). She was elected alongside Sezai Temelli. In the 2018 elections, she became an MP for Istanbul. In February 2020, she was re-elected as co-chair. Mithat Sancar became the new co-chair with her.
In 2021, a state prosecutor asked for her to be banned from politics. This was part of a case to close the HDP. In the 2023 elections, she was re-elected to Parliament. She represented Van for the Green Left Party (YSP).
Political Views
Pervin Buldan does not support the idea of one-person rule by the Turkish President. 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. She later announced that the HDP would not have its own presidential candidate.
