Huseyin Aygun

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Hüseyin Aygün (born October 20, 1970 in Erdoğdu , Tunceli province ) is a Turkish lawyer, politician of the CHP and former member of the Turkish parliament .

biography

Aygün comes from a Zaza family with Alevi beliefs. He published books in Turkish on the Dersim massacre of 1937/1938 and one in Zazaki . He has been working as a lawyer in Tunceli since completing his law studies at Ankara University . The CHP chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu , who also comes from Tunceli Province , recruited him for the CHP . His position within the party is mainly controversial because of his statements about the involvement of the CHP in the Dersim massacre. In the 2011 parliamentary elections in TurkeyAygün was elected MP for the Tunceli constituency. He did not run for the next parliamentary election in 2015. Aygün is married and has a daughter and a son.

Kidnapping by the PKK

Aygün was kidnapped on August 12, 2012 in Ovacık County, Tunceli Province, by members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). Aygün and his two companions were stopped with their vehicle. After a brief negotiation in Turkish, Aygün's companions were released and Aygün himself was kidnapped.

The PKK announced in a press release that Aygün's kidnapping was a reaction to his support for the war strategy of the Turkish government against the Kurdish people in Dersim and the PKK, the assimilation policy of the Turkish government in Dersim and a sign for Aygün not to support this policy.

Aygün was released unharmed on August 14, 2012, two days later. Among other things, the organization Amnesty International had campaigned for his release.

His media statements after his release were sharply criticized in Turkish politics. Within his own party, Aygün was accused of “sympathy for a terrorist organization” and the CHP party chairman Kılıçdaroğlu summoned him to Ankara for discussion shortly after his release. Aygün's first statement was:

“I was treated very politely on my two-day adventure in the mountains. The young comrades who carried out this action are children of this country. They said they wanted the action to send a message for peace and a ceasefire. They asked me to take a stronger position in the Turkish parliament for the solution of the Kurdish question and for the ceasefire. They said that the policy pursued by the CHP was positive for the solution of the Kurdish question and that they were carefully observing and enjoying it, but that all parties would have to make more effort. They said that everyone, soldiers as well as the young men in the mountains, are children of this country and that they in particular regard the war as pointless. They said: 'Our demand for democratic autonomy is a democratic demand that does not require armed struggle. This is the case in many European countries. In this regard, we know that the fight we are waging is pointless. ' [...] You hugged and kissed me when we said goodbye. They told me not to forget my siblings on the mountains and I promised them that I would work for peace. "

- Hüseyin Aygün : first press release after release

The Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan expressed his distrust of the circumstances of the kidnapping and speculated about a publicity campaign between the PKK and Aygün.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hikmet Çetinkaya, [1] , Cumhuriyet , August 15, 2012. Retrieved February 13, 2013
  2. ↑ Hüseyin Aygün, TBMM CHP
  3. ↑ Kurdish rebels kidnap politicians. Website of the newspaper Frankfurter Rundschau. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
  4. ↑ PKK Kidnaps Opposition Deputy Hüseyin Aygün. Bianet's website. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  5. ↑ Amnesty International: PKK parliamentarian Hüseyin Aygün released.
  6. ↑ Abducted Kurdish MP freed by PKK in Turkey. Al Jazeera news channel website. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
  7. ↑ Hüseyin Aygün yaşadıklarını anlattı. Cumhuriyet newspaper website. Retrieved August 11, 2015.
  8. ↑ Assad has created 'terrorist state' in Syria, Erdoğan says ( Memento from September 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Website of the newspaper Today's Zaman. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Aygün, Huseyin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Turkish politician
DATE OF BIRTH 20th October 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Erdoğdu , Tunceli Province