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Figen Yüksekdağ

1971 - Today

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Figen Yüksekdağ Şenoğlu (born 19 December 1971) is a Turkish politician and journalist, who was a former co-leader of the left-wing Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) of Turkey from 2014 to 2017, serving alongside Selahattin Demirtaş. She was a Member of Parliament for Van since the June 2015 general election until her parliamentary membership was revoked by the courts on 21 February 2017. Her party membership and therefore her co-leadership position were revoked by the courts on 9 March 2017 following a six-year prison sentence for distributing "terrorist propaganda". In May 2024, she was sentenced to 30 years and three months in prison. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Figen Yüksekdağ is the 17,969th most popular politician (up from 18,156th in 2019), the 1,319th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 1,367th in 2019) and the 504th most popular Turkish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Figen Yüksekdağ ranks 17,969 out of 19,576. Before her are Arancha González Laya, Felice Mariani, Kathleen Blanco, Jon Corzine, Marsha Blackburn, and Tibor Navracsics. After her are Leon Brittan, Wayne Allard, Katalin Szili, Al D'Amato, Hassan Abshir Farah, and Marco Marin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Figen Yüksekdağ ranks 515. Before her are Toshihiro Yoshimura, Merrin Dungey, Martin Atkinson, Pınar Selek, Kristine Lilly, and Géraldine Pailhas. After her are Alice Evans, Imtiaz Ali, Gérard Lopez, Yasuyuki Iwasaki, Vadim Repin, and Roman Čechmánek.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Figen Yüksekdağ ranks 1,319 out of 1,347. Before her are Seyran Ateş (1963), Semih Şentürk (1983), Eren Keskin (1959), Mustafa Şentop (1968), Hakan Ünsal (1973), and Pınar Selek (1971). After her are Mehmet Akif Pirim (1968), Kâzım Koyuncu (1971), Tümer Metin (1974), Çağlar Ertuğrul (1987), Merve Boluğur (1987), and İbrahim Kutluay (1974).

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Among POLITICIANS In Türkiye

Among politicians born in Türkiye, Figen Yüksekdağ ranks 504. Before her are Mehmet Şimşek (1967), Pervin Buldan (1967), Süleyman Soylu (1969), Dilan Yeşilgöz (1977), İsmet Yılmaz (1961), and Mustafa Şentop (1968). After her are Fatma Şahin (1966), Tahir Elçi (1966), Şafak Pavey (1976), Sebahat Tuncel (1975), Ibrahim Baylan (1972), and Eda Erdem (1987).

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