How old is Selahattin Demirtaş?
Selahattin Demirtaş is 50 years old.
What is Selahattin Demirtaş Net Worth?
Selahattin Demirtaş's net worth is $1 Million.
What is Selahattin Demirtaş Birthday?
Selahattin Demirtaş's birthday is 10/04/1973.
What is Selahattin Demirtaş Zodiac Sign?
Selahattin Demirtaş's zodiac sign is Aries.
What is Selahattin Demirtaş's Real Birth Name?
Selahattin Demirtaş's real birth name is Selahattin Demirtaş.
Where is Selahattin Demirtaş's Birthplace?
Selahattin Demirtaş's birthplace is Palu, Elazığ, Turkey.
How Tall is Selahattin Demirtaş?
Selahattin Demirtaş height is 5'7''.
What is Selahattin Demirtaş Nationality?
Selahattin Demirtaş nationality is Türkiye.
What are Selahattin Demirtaş's Professions?
Selahattin Demirtaş's professions are Politician.
Who is Selahattin Demirtaş's Spouse(s)?
Başak Demirtaş (m. 2002)
Who is Selahattin Demirtaş?
Selahattin Demirtaş is a Kurdish politician, author, political prisoner and former member of the parliament of Turkey. He was the co-leader of the left-wing pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), serving alongside Figen Yüksekdağ from 2014 to 2018.
Demirtaş was the presidential candidate of the HDP in the 2014 presidential election, coming in third place. He led the HDP to gather 13.1% at the June 2015 parliament elections and 10.7% in the snap elections in November 2015, coming 4th in each election. He has been imprisoned since 4 November 2016 and despite his imprisonment the HDP fielded Demirtaş as its candidate for the 2018 presidential election, running his campaign from prison.
In a judgement given in December 2020, the European Court of Human Rights judged that, given “the timing of [Demirtaş] continued detention (coinciding with an important constitutional referendum and the presidential election)” and Turkey’s “systemic trend of “gagging” dissenting voices”, Demirtaş’s continued pre-trial detention’s political purpose had been predominant”