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{{short description|Kurdish politician of the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) in Batman, Turkey}}{{Infobox officeholder
{{short description|Kurdish politician of the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) in Batman, Turkey}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Ayla Akat Ata
| name = Ayla Akat Ata
| office = MP
| office = [[Grand National Assembly of Turkey|Member of the Grand National Assembly]]
| constituency = [[Batman (electoral district)|Batman, Turkey]]
| constituency = [[Batman (electoral district)|Batman]] ([[2007 Turkish general election|2007]], [[2011 Turkish general election|2011]])
| legislature =
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| termstart = 2007
| termstart = 2007
| termend = 2011
| termend = 2015
| termend1 = 2015
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|2|16}}
| termstart1 = 2011
| birth_place = [[Diyarbakır]], Turkey
| constituency1 = [[Batman (electoral district)|Batman, Turkey]]
| birth_date = 16 February 1976
| birth_place =
| alma_mater = [[Dicle University]]
| alma_mater = [[Dicle University]]
| citizenship = Turkey
| image =
| image = Ayla Akat Ata.png
| children = 1
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'''Ayla Akat Ata''' (born 16 February 1976) is a [[Kurds|Kurdish]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Anayasada 'İki Dil Bir Bavul' krizi |url=https://www.istanbulgercegi.com/anayasada-iki-dil-bir-bavul-krizi_31472.html |access-date=21 March 2020 |date=6 October 2012 |language=tr}}</ref> politician of the [[Peace and Democracy Party]] (BDP).<ref>{{cite web |title=DTP set to escalate tension before local elections |publisher=Turkish Exporter |date=2009-02-27 |url=http://www.turkishexporter.net/news/?g=0&haber=6927 |access-date=2009-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724114029/http://www.turkishexporter.net/news/?g=0&haber=6927# |archive-date=2011-07-24 |url-status=live }}</ref> She was also a defense lawyer for [[Abdullah Öcalan]], leader of the [[Kurdistan Workers' Party]] (PKK).<ref name=":0" />
'''Ayla Akat Ata''' (born 16 February 1976) is a [[Kurds|Kurdish]]–Turkish<ref>{{cite news |title=Anayasada 'İki Dil Bir Bavul' krizi |url=https://www.istanbulgercegi.com/anayasada-iki-dil-bir-bavul-krizi_31472.html |access-date=21 March 2020 |date=6 October 2012 |language=tr}}</ref> jurist and former member of the [[Grand National Assembly of Turkey]] of the [[Peace and Democracy Party]] (BDP). She is a women's rights activist<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Drechselová|first1=Lucie|title=Kurds in Turkey: Ethnographies of Heterogeneous Experiences|last2=Çelik|first2=Adnan|date=2019-06-27|publisher=Lexington Books|isbn=978-1-4985-7525-6|pages=32|language=en}}</ref> and the co-founder of the Free Women's Congress (KJA).<ref name=":2" /> Besides she was also involved in the negotiations between the [[Kurdistan Workers' Party]] (PKK) and the [[Government of Turkey|Turkish Government]] in 2013.


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
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Ayla Akat Ata was born in [[Sur, Diyarbakır|Diyarbakır]] in 1976. Since graduating from the Faculty of Law at [[Dicle University]] in Diyarbakır, she has been working as a lawyer. She is a member of the [[Human Rights Association (Turkey)|Turkish Human Rights Association]] (İHD),<ref>{{cite web |year= |title=Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi 23. Dönem Milletvekili |url=https://www.tbmm.gov.tr/milletvekili/MilletvekiliDetay?donemKod=23&sicil=WQQgWVZOHt8%3D |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=18 October 2022 |publisher=Grand National Assembly of Turkey}}</ref> and a co-founder of the Free Women's Congress (KJA), which is organized through an assembly of 501 members.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=Daudén|first=Laura|title=In the context of life and death, non-violence is a privilege|url=https://sur.conectas.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/22-sur-24-ing-ayla-akat-ata.pdf|access-date=28 September 2020|page=240}}</ref>
Ayla Akat Ata was born in [[Sur, Diyarbakır|Sur Diyarbakır]] in 1976. Since graduating from the Faculty of Law at [[Dicle University]] in Diyarbakır, she has been working as a lawyer.

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She is a member of the [[Human Rights Association (Turkey)|Turkish Human Rights Association]] (İHD),<ref>{{cite web |title=Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi 23. Dönem Milletvekili |publisher=Grand National Assembly of Turkey |year=2007 |url=http://www.tbmm.gov.tr/develop/owa/milletvekillerimiz_sd.bilgi?p_sicil=6477 |access-date=2009-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617061916/http://www.tbmm.gov.tr/develop/owa/milletvekillerimiz_sd.bilgi?p_sicil=6477# |archive-date=2011-06-17 |url-status=live }}</ref> defender of women's rights<ref>{{Cite book|title=Kurds in Turkey: Ethnographies of Heterogeneous Experiences|last=Drechselová|first=Lucie|last2=Çelik|first2=Adnan|date=2019-06-27|publisher=Lexington Books|isbn=978-1-4985-7525-6|pages=32|language=en}}</ref> and a co-founder of the Free Womens' Congress (KJA), which is organized through an assembly of 501 members.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Daudén|first=Laura|title=In the context of life and death, non-violence is a privilege|url=https://sur.conectas.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/22-sur-24-ing-ayla-akat-ata.pdf|access-date=28 September 2020|page=240}}</ref>


== Political career ==
== Political career ==
In July 2007, she stood as an independent candidate in the [[2007 Turkish general election|Turkish parliamentary elections]] and entered the [[Grand National Assembly of Turkey|Turkish Parliament]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://secim.haberler.com/2007/batman-secim-sonuclari/|title=Batman SEÇİM SONUÇLARI|website=secim.haberler.com|access-date=2020-01-07}}</ref> joining the [[Democratic Society Party]] (DTP).
In July 2007, she stood as an independent candidate in the [[2007 Turkish general election|Turkish parliamentary elections]] and entered the [[Grand National Assembly of Turkey|Turkish Parliament]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://secim.haberler.com/2007/batman-secim-sonuclari/|title=Batman SEÇİM SONUÇLARI|website=secim.haberler.com|access-date=2020-01-07}}</ref> joining the [[Democratic Society Party]] (DTP).<ref>{{Cite web|date=15 April 2015|title=DtP Protests: AKP Seeking Revenge for Election Results|url=https://bianet.org/bianet/english/113825-dtp-protests-akp-seeking-revenge-for-election-results|access-date=27 October 2021|website=[[Bianet]]}}</ref> After the DTP was banned on 11 December 2009,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Aydinli|first=Pinar|date=2009-12-11|title=Turkey's top court bans pro-Kurdish party|language=en|work=[[Reuters]]|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-kurds-idUSTRE5BA3HA20091211|access-date=2021-10-27}}</ref> she joined the [[Peace and Democracy Party]] (BDP).


She was re-elected in the 12 [[2011 Turkish general election|June 2011 general election]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://secim.haberler.com/2011/batman-secim-sonuclari/|title=BATMAN 2011 GENEL SEÇİM SONUÇLARI|website=secim.haberler.com|access-date=2020-01-07}}</ref> In January 2013 she was involved in the [[Kurdish–Turkish peace process|peace process]] between the [[Kurdistan Workers' Party]] (PKK) and the Turkish Government and met with [[Abdullah Öcalan]] in [[İmralı prison]] together with [[Ahmet Türk]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=25 November 2016|title=Ahmet Türk Arrested|url=http://bianet.org/english/politics/181118-ahmet-turk-arrested|url-status=live|access-date=9 February 2020|website=[[Bianet]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161126152847/http://bianet.org/english/politics/181118-ahmet-turk-arrested |archive-date=2016-11-26 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Cakan|first=Seyhmus|date=2013-01-03|title=Turkish Kurd deputies meet jailed militant leader Ocalan: lawmaker|language=en|work=[[Reuters]]|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-kurds-idUSBRE9020K720130103|access-date=2021-10-27}}</ref> In 2015, she unsuccessfully demanded the abolition of the [[Article 299 (Turkish Penal Code)|article 299 of the Turkish Penal Code]], which criminalizes insulting the Turkish president.<ref>{{Cite web|date=24 February 2015|title=Deputy Proposes the Decriminalization of Insulting President|url=https://m.bianet.org/bianet/politics/162586-deputy-proposes-the-decriminalization-of-insulting-president|access-date=27 October 2021|website=[[Bianet]]}}</ref>
In September 2007, she and [[Aysel Tuğluk]] were charged with “conducting propaganda for an outlawed organization” and “aiding and abetting a terrorist organization.”<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=Turkish State steps up pressure on Kurdish politicians |publisher=Jamestown Foundation |date=2007-09-05 |url=http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=32971 |access-date=2009-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101225155746/http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=32971# |archive-date=2010-12-25 |url-status=live }}</ref>


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=== Legal prosecution ===
After the DTP was banned on 11 December 2009, she joined the [[Peace and Democracy Party]] (BDP).
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In September 2007, she and [[Aysel Tuğluk]] were charged with “conducting propaganda for an outlawed organization” and “aiding and abetting a terrorist organization.”<ref name=":0">{{cite web|date=2007-09-05|title=Turkish State steps up pressure on Kurdish politicians|url=http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=32971|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101225155746/http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=32971#|archive-date=2010-12-25|access-date=2009-08-19|publisher=Jamestown Foundation}}</ref> On the 26 October 2016, she was detained and later arrested while attending a protest against the dismissal of the Co-Mayors [[Gültan Kışanak]] and Fırat Anlı<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|date=30 May 2017|title=HDP's Akat Ata, Aktaş Released|url=https://m.bianet.org/english/politics/197701-hdp-s-akat-ata-aktas-released|access-date=27 October 2021|website=[[Bianet]]}}</ref> and accused of "managing a terrorist organization"<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-court-arrests-diyarbakir-co-mayors-105554|title=Turkish court arrests Diyarbakır co-mayors - Turkey News|website=Hürriyet Daily News|language=en|access-date=2020-02-10}}</ref> also due to her activities in the [[Democratic Society Congress]] (DTK).<ref name=":4" /> She was released on the 4 May 2017.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|title=KJA Spokeswoman Ayla Akat Ata released from prison|url=https://anfenglish.com/kurdistan/kja-spokeswoman-ayla-akat-ata-released-from-prison-19853|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-10|website=[[Firat News Agency]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916081803/https://anfenglish.com/kurdistan/kja-spokeswoman-ayla-akat-ata-released-from-prison-19853 |archive-date=2021-09-16 }}</ref><ref name=":3" /> She was re-arrested in February 2018 for a speech she gave in relation of Kamber Moroç who had died as Turkish soldiers opened fire on a bus.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=HDP's Akat Ata, Aktaş Released|url=https://m.bianet.org/english/politics/197701-hdp-s-akat-ata-aktas-released|access-date=10 February 2020|website=[[Bianet]]}}</ref> In this case she was released in May 2018.<ref name=":1" /> In September 2020, she was detained with other 82 politicians over accusations that she supported the [[2014 Kobanî protests|Kobanî protests]] in 2014, which were in support of the Kurdish population besieged in [[Kobanî]] by the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] (ISIL).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Turkish police detain HDP members, including Mayor Bilgen, over 2014 Kobane protests|url=https://www.duvarenglish.com/politics/2020/09/25/turkish-police-detain-hdp-members-including-mayor-bilgen-over-2014-kobane-protests/|access-date=2020-09-28|website=www.duvarenglish.com|language=en-GB}}</ref>


She was re-elected in the 12 June 2011 general election.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://secim.haberler.com/2011/batman-secim-sonuclari/|title=BATMAN 2011 GENEL SEÇİM SONUÇLARI|website=secim.haberler.com|access-date=2020-01-07}}</ref> In January 2013 she was involved in the [[Kurdish–Turkish peace process|peace process]] between the [[Kurdistan Workers' Party]] (PKK) and the Turkish Government and met with [[Abdullah Öcalan]] in [[İmralı]] together with [[Ahmet Türk]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bianet.org/english/politics/181118-ahmet-turk-arrested|title=Ahmet Türk Arrested|date=25 November 2016|website=Bianet|access-date=9 February 2020}}</ref>

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=== Legal prosecution ===
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On the 26 October 2016, she was detained and later arrested while attending a protest against the dismissal of the Co-Mayors [[Gültan Kışanak]] and Fırat Anlı<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://m.bianet.org/english/politics/197701-hdp-s-akat-ata-aktas-released|title=HDP’s Akat Ata, Aktaş Released|website=Binet|access-date=10 February 2020}}</ref> and accused of "managing a terrorist organization".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-court-arrests-diyarbakir-co-mayors-105554|title=Turkish court arrests Diyarbakır co-mayors - Turkey News|website=Hürriyet Daily News|language=en|access-date=2020-02-10}}</ref> She was released on the 4 May 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://anfenglish.com/kurdistan/kja-spokeswoman-ayla-akat-ata-released-from-prison-19853|title=KJA Spokeswoman Ayla Akat Ata released from prison|website=ANF News|language=en|access-date=2020-02-10}}</ref> She was re-arrested in February 2018 for a speech she gave in relation of Kamber Moroç who had died as Turkish soldiers opened fire on a bus. In this case she was released in May 2018.<ref name=":1" /> In September 2020, she was detained with other 82 politicians over accusations that she supported the Kobanî protests in 2014, which were in support of the Kurdish population besieged in [[Kobanî]] by the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] (ISIL).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Turkish police detain HDP members, including Mayor Bilgen, over 2014 Kobane protests|url=https://www.duvarenglish.com/politics/2020/09/25/turkish-police-detain-hdp-members-including-mayor-bilgen-over-2014-kobane-protests/|access-date=2020-09-28|website=www.duvarenglish.com|language=en-GB}}</ref>
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Ayla Akat Ata
Member of the Grand National Assembly
In office
2007–2015
ConstituencyBatman (2007, 2011)
Personal details
Born
Ayla Akat Ata

(1976-02-16) February 16, 1976 (age 48)
Diyarbakır, Turkey
Children1
Alma materDicle University

Ayla Akat Ata (born 16 February 1976) is a Kurdish–Turkish[1] jurist and former member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey of the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP). She is a women's rights activist[2] and the co-founder of the Free Women's Congress (KJA).[3] Besides she was also involved in the negotiations between the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the Turkish Government in 2013.

Early life and education

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Ayla Akat Ata was born in Diyarbakır in 1976. Since graduating from the Faculty of Law at Dicle University in Diyarbakır, she has been working as a lawyer. She is a member of the Turkish Human Rights Association (İHD),[4] and a co-founder of the Free Women's Congress (KJA), which is organized through an assembly of 501 members.[3]

Political career

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In July 2007, she stood as an independent candidate in the Turkish parliamentary elections and entered the Turkish Parliament,[5] joining the Democratic Society Party (DTP).[6] After the DTP was banned on 11 December 2009,[7] she joined the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP).

She was re-elected in the 12 June 2011 general election.[8] In January 2013 she was involved in the peace process between the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the Turkish Government and met with Abdullah Öcalan in İmralı prison together with Ahmet Türk.[9][10] In 2015, she unsuccessfully demanded the abolition of the article 299 of the Turkish Penal Code, which criminalizes insulting the Turkish president.[11]

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In September 2007, she and Aysel Tuğluk were charged with “conducting propaganda for an outlawed organization” and “aiding and abetting a terrorist organization.”[12] On the 26 October 2016, she was detained and later arrested while attending a protest against the dismissal of the Co-Mayors Gültan Kışanak and Fırat Anlı[13] and accused of "managing a terrorist organization"[14] also due to her activities in the Democratic Society Congress (DTK).[15] She was released on the 4 May 2017.[15][13] She was re-arrested in February 2018 for a speech she gave in relation of Kamber Moroç who had died as Turkish soldiers opened fire on a bus.[16] In this case she was released in May 2018.[16] In September 2020, she was detained with other 82 politicians over accusations that she supported the Kobanî protests in 2014, which were in support of the Kurdish population besieged in Kobanî by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).[17]

References

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  1. ^ "Anayasada 'İki Dil Bir Bavul' krizi" (in Turkish). 6 October 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  2. ^ Drechselová, Lucie; Çelik, Adnan (2019-06-27). Kurds in Turkey: Ethnographies of Heterogeneous Experiences. Lexington Books. p. 32. ISBN 978-1-4985-7525-6.
  3. ^ a b Daudén, Laura. "In the context of life and death, non-violence is a privilege" (PDF). p. 240. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi 23. Dönem Milletvekili". Grand National Assembly of Turkey. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Batman SEÇİM SONUÇLARI". secim.haberler.com. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  6. ^ "DtP Protests: AKP Seeking Revenge for Election Results". Bianet. 15 April 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  7. ^ Aydinli, Pinar (2009-12-11). "Turkey's top court bans pro-Kurdish party". Reuters. Retrieved 2021-10-27.
  8. ^ "BATMAN 2011 GENEL SEÇİM SONUÇLARI". secim.haberler.com. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  9. ^ "Ahmet Türk Arrested". Bianet. 25 November 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-11-26. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  10. ^ Cakan, Seyhmus (2013-01-03). "Turkish Kurd deputies meet jailed militant leader Ocalan: lawmaker". Reuters. Retrieved 2021-10-27.
  11. ^ "Deputy Proposes the Decriminalization of Insulting President". Bianet. 24 February 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  12. ^ "Turkish State steps up pressure on Kurdish politicians". Jamestown Foundation. 2007-09-05. Archived from the original on 2010-12-25. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
  13. ^ a b "HDP's Akat Ata, Aktaş Released". Bianet. 30 May 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  14. ^ "Turkish court arrests Diyarbakır co-mayors - Turkey News". Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved 2020-02-10.
  15. ^ a b "KJA Spokeswoman Ayla Akat Ata released from prison". Firat News Agency. Archived from the original on 2021-09-16. Retrieved 2020-02-10.
  16. ^ a b "HDP's Akat Ata, Aktaş Released". Bianet. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  17. ^ "Turkish police detain HDP members, including Mayor Bilgen, over 2014 Kobane protests". www.duvarenglish.com. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
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