Bengi Yıldız | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
| In office 2007–2014 | |
| Constituency | Batman (2007,2011) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 November 1965 Kozluk,Batman Province, |
| Alma mater | Istanbul University |
Bengi Yildiz (born 15 November 1965 inKozluk,Batman Province,Turkey) was a Member of Parliament of thePeace and Democracy Party (BDP) forBatman, Turkey.
Bengi Yildiz is a lawyer by training, graduating fromIstanbul University Law Faculty, and has worked as a journalist for the newspapers Gündem, Demokrasi, ÜlkedenÖzgür Gündem.[1]
He is a former president of the Batman branch of theTurkish Human Rights Association (IHD).[2]
In July 2007, he stood as an independent candidate for theDemocratic Society Party (DTP) supportedThousand Hopes alliance in theTurkish parliamentary elections and entered theTurkish Parliament as an MP for Batman, joining the DTP. He was a member of the Turkey EU Joint parliamentary committee.[1]
He was re-elected in the 12 June 2011 general election.[3]
He is married with two children.[1]
On 25 July 2011 he declared thatKurds under the control of PKK/BDP would stop paying taxes to the Turkish government.[4] He suggested that PKK/BDP would form a Libyan Jumhuriya type of structure whereby in every neighborhood and city the PKK/BDP supported Kurds would locally organize and abolish political parties to create a "self-determined democratic" autonomy. He furthermore suggested that although PKK/BDP supported Kurds want to be exempt from taxes it is still the responsibility of the Turkish Republic to invest in their infrastructure, roads, schools and pay for their public servants.[5]
During his term as MP, he was an outspoken supporter of speaking the Kurdish language.[6] This drew criticism from Turkish Parliament SpeakerMehmet Ali Sahin from theJustice and Development Party (AKP), reminding him that to speak Kurdish was not allowed according to Article 81 of the Political Parties Law.[7]
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