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Selahattin Demirtaş

1973 - Today

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Selahattin Demirtaş (born 10 April 1973) is a Kurdish-Turkish politician, lawyer and author. He was the co-leader of the left-wing pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), serving alongside Figen Yüksekdağ from 2014 to 2018. Selahattin Demirtaş announced that he left politics after the May 2023 elections. Demirtaş was the presidential candidate of the HDP in the 2014 presidential election, coming in third place. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2024). Selahattin Demirtaş is the 14,785th most popular politician (up from 15,287th in 2024), the 1,119th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 1,175th in 2019) and the 472nd most popular Turkish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Selahattin Demirtaş ranks 14,785 out of 19,576. Before him are Cenwalh of Wessex, Publius Sempronius Tuditanus, Pia Cramling, Darius of Pontus, Manny Villar, and Stephen Hopkins. After him are Manius Acilius Glabrio, Carlos Mendieta, Jan Heemskerk, Juan Lindolfo Cuestas, Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, and Beorhtwulf of Mercia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Selahattin Demirtaş ranks 169. Before him are Olve Eikemo, Cuauhtémoc Blanco, Tomáš Galásek, Andrés Palop, Fares Fares, and Shannon Elizabeth. After him are Edge, Serhiy Shaptala, Radha Mitchell, Karen Lancaume, Tore André Flo, and Édouard Ngirente.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Selahattin Demirtaş ranks 1,119 out of 1,347. Before him are Hasan Saka (1885), Nihat Kahveci (1979), İsmail Kartal (1961), Dilhan Eryurt (1926), Gaius Julius Quadratus Bassus (70), and Andon Bedros IX Hassoun (1809). After him are Simeon the Holy Fool (522), Bedros Tourian (1851), Flavian I of Antioch (320), Zeki Rıza Sporel (1898), Muharrem İnce (1964), and Naci Erdem (1931).

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Among POLITICIANS In Türkiye

Among politicians born in Türkiye, Selahattin Demirtaş ranks 472. Before him are Wasfi Tal (1919), Konstantios Doukas (1060), Constantine Lekapenos (930), Mihri Müşfik Hanım (1886), Hasan Saka (1885), and Gaius Julius Quadratus Bassus (70). After him are Muharrem İnce (1964), Ferit Melen (1906), Nezihe Muhiddin (1889), Cevdet Yılmaz (1967), Fuat Oktay (1964), and Volkan Bozkır (1950).

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