Lawyer, independent lawyer, politician. He
was born in Palu/Elazığ in April 10, 1973. His father’s name is Tahir, his
Mother’s name is Şadiye. He graduated from Ankara University Faculty of Law. He
worked as an independent lawyer. He worked as Member of Human Rights
Association Diyarbakır Office Administrative Board and as head of Office
(2006). He was the member of Turkey Human Rights Foundation and amnesty
International Turkey Office.
Selahattin Demirtaş was elected as Diyarbakır
Independent congressman during the TGNA XXIII. Period (22 July 2007-12 June
2011). Later he and some other congressmen from East and South-East in the
Assembly came together under the roof of Democratic Society Party and
established DSP Assembly Group. When this party was closed by the
Demirtaş was accused with “making the
propaganda of a terror group” because of his words in a speech he made in 2006
says about Abdullah Öcalan that “His role must be evaluated on solution of
Kurdish problem” and he was sentenced with 10 months but the explanation of the
judgment was taken behind and it was decided to keep him under supervised
release for 5 years.
During the TGNA XXIV Period (12 June 2011)
general election, he attended independently again but was elected with the
support of PDP and was elected as Diyarbakır Congressman and got in to the
Parliament. He knows Zazaish very well, knows English and Kurdish at
intermediate level, he is married and has two kids.
