How old is Canan Kaftancıoğlu?
Canan Kaftancıoğlu is 51 years old.
What is Canan Kaftancıoğlu Net Worth?
Canan Kaftancıoğlu's net worth is $100 Thousand.
What is Canan Kaftancıoğlu Birthday?
Canan Kaftancıoğlu's birthday is 03/02/1972.
What is Canan Kaftancıoğlu Zodiac Sign?
Canan Kaftancıoğlu's zodiac sign is Aquarius.
What is Canan Kaftancıoğlu's Real Birth Name?
Canan Kaftancıoğlu's real birth name is Canan Kaftancıoğlu.
Where is Canan Kaftancıoğlu's Birthplace?
Canan Kaftancıoğlu's birthplace is Çiftlik Sarıca, Mesudiye, Ordu, Turkey.
How Tall is Canan Kaftancıoğlu?
Canan Kaftancıoğlu height is 5'9".
What is Canan Kaftancıoğlu Nationality?
Canan Kaftancıoğlu nationality is Türkiye.
What are Canan Kaftancıoğlu's Professions?
Canan Kaftancıoğlu's professions are Doctor, Politician.
Who is Canan Kaftancıoğlu's Spouse(s)?
Ali Naki Kaftancıoğlu (m. 2001)
Who is Canan Kaftancıoğlu?
Canan Kaftancıoğlu is a Turkish physician and politician. She is the Republican People’s Party’s provincial president in Istanbul. An outspoken secularist, in 2019 she was sentenced to 10 years in prison for blasphemy. Erdogan’s regime put her on trial for tweeting about the Armenian genocide and state sponsored assassinations of Kurdish party leaders. Her trial came in the wake of her party’s victory in regional elections in Istanbul. During her trial she read out a poem by Nazim Hikmet.
Between 2011–2012, she served as the Vice President of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) in Istanbul. She was responsible for press, culture, and communication affairs. She later worked as the party’s Provincial Representative between 2012–2014. In the 2014 elections, she was one of the candidate’s for Maltepe’s mayorship. In the 36th Ordinary Provincial Congress of CHP Istanbul held on 13 January 2018, she was elected as the party’s Istanbul Provincial President.