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Osman Baydemir was born on 1 January, 1971 in Diyarbakır, Turkey, is a Turkish politician. Discover Osman Baydemir's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 53 years old?
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1 January 1971 |
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1 January |
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Diyarbakır, Turkey |
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Turkey
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Osman Baydemir Height, Weight & Measurements
At 53 years old, Osman Baydemir height not available right now. We will update Osman Baydemir's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Who Is Osman Baydemir's Wife?
His wife is Reyhan Yalçındağ Baydemir (m. 2005)
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Reyhan Yalçındağ Baydemir (m. 2005) |
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Mir Zanyar Baydemir |
Osman Baydemir Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Osman Baydemir worth at the age of 53 years old? Osman Baydemir’s income source is mostly from being a successful politician. He is from Turkey. We have estimated Osman Baydemir's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Osman Baydemir (born 1971 in Diyarbakır) is a Kurdish politician, lawyer and human rights activist.
In 1995 he became the chair of the Diyarbakır branch of the independent Human Rights Association.
Between 1995 and 2002 he was also a board member and became vice-president of the association.
In February 1999 he became one of the first lawyers who volunteered to defend Abdullah Öcalan, the leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
In 2001 he became a founding member of the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV).
In June 2001 Amnesty International issued an urgent action on his behalf.
In the general elections in 2002, he was the candidate of the Democratic People's Party (DEHAP), but the party failed to reach the 10% election threshold.
In 2003, Baydemir spent 6 months in the United States, to improve his English.
He was the mayor of his home town of Diyarbakır from 2004 to 2014.
He was a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey for the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) and also the Peoples Democratic Party (HDP).
Osman Baydemir graduated from the Law Faculty of the Dicle University in Diyarbakır.
In the local elections in 2004, he was elected mayor of Diyarbakır.
As Mayor of Diyarbakır he became a member of the World Federation of United Cities for which he toured several capitals in the world.
He also held speeches about the difficulties Kurds face in Turkey to the European Parliament.
According to a report of Amnesty International of 12 February 2004 there were 200 court cases against him for his human rights activities.
In May 2005, he married Reyhan Yalçındağ, the deputy chair of the TIHV.
The daily Radikal reported on 11 July 2006 that during the last two years a total of 129 investigations against him had been conducted.
On 23 April 2006 their son Mirzanyar was born.
After his expulsion of the Turkish parliament he left Turkey and went into exile to London, United Kingdom.
After the assassination of Armenian journalist Hrant Dink in January 2007 Osman Baydemir was among several people who received death threats.
Some or the court cases against Osman Baydemir include:
On the 17 March 2021, the State Prosecutor to the Court of Cassation Bekir Şahin filed a lawsuit in front of the Constitutional Court demanding for Baydemir and 686 other HDP politicians a five-year ban to engage in politics together with a closure of the HDP due to alleged organizational links with the PKK.
In the election campaign for the local election of 2009, he had a prominent opposition of the candidate of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Baydemir won the elections and declared Diyarbakir as the DTP's castle.
Soon after the victory in the elections of 2009, he was sentenced to ten months imprisonment for calling the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) "guerrilla" which a Turkish court viewed as propaganda in favor of the PKK.
In the general elections of 2014 he was elected a Member of Parliament representing the BDP for Sanliurfa.
As an MP, he was a well perceivable defender of the Kurdish language and minority in Turkey and was banned for two sessions of the Turkish parliament for using the word Kurdistan, which is forbidden to use in the Turkish parliament.
Osman Baydemir then filed an appeal before the Constitutional Court which argued it had no authority of parliamentarian penalties Following, Baydemir appealed to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) over his temporary expulsion, who in June 2023, condemned Turkey to pay Baydemir a penalty of almost 17'000 Euros.
As a human rights activist and as a politician, Osman Baydemir has been subjected to persecution on various levels.