Burcu Çelik Özkan
Burcu Çelik Özkan | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 January 1986 |
| Citizenship | Turkish |
| Alma mater | Marmara University |
| Title | Member of Parliament |
| Political party | Peoples' Democratic Party |
Burcu Çelik Özkan (born 1 January 1986, Muş[1]) is a former member of the Turkish parliament for the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP).
Education and professional career
Burcu Çelik Özkan has a law degree from the Marmara University. After she worked as a lawyer and was involved in the Libertarian Jurists Platform.[1]
Political career
Prosecution
Özkan was arrested in April 2017. She was condemned to 6 years imprisonment in a first trial for "committing crimes on behalf of an illegal organization without being a member", a sentence she appealed. In October 2017 the sentence was overturned and in February 2018 a new trial was ordered to take place.[1] On 10 April 2018, an appeal court in Turkey handed opposition MP Burcu Çelik Özkan a sentence of more than seven years in prison for terrorism propaganda.[2] On the 6 October 2019 the verdict was overruled by the court of cassation and she was subsequently released.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Regional Court Overturns HDP MP's Prison Sentence". Bianet. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- ↑ "Turkish appeals court sentences opposition parliamentarian to seven years". Ahval. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
- ↑ "Former HDP Muş MP Özkan Released". Bianet. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
