Ayhan Bilgen
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Ayhan Bilgen | |
|---|---|
 Ayhan Bilgen (2017) | |
| Mayor of Kars | |
| In office 8 April 2019 – 2 October 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Murtaza Karaçanta |
| Succeeded by | Türker Öksüz |
| Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
| In office 23 June 2015 – 8 April 2019 | |
| Constituency | Kars (June 2015, Nov 2015, 2018) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 January 1971 |
| Party | Peoples' Democratic Party (until 2021) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Ankara University (BA) Hacettepe University (MA) |
| Website | Personal website |
Ayhan Bilgen (born 28 January 1971, Sarıkamış, Kars Province)[1] is a journalist, politician and former mayor of Kars from the Peoples' Democratic Party.
Bilgen studied political sciences at the Ankara University and sociology at the Hacettepe University, also in Ankara.[1]
In 2006, Bilgen was engaged in the Turkish Human Rights association Mazlumder in which activity he opposed the new Anti-Terror bill by the Turkish Government as it limited the freedom of expression.[2] In the same year he was elected as its chairman, and he kept the post for two years.[3] In 2011 the newspaper he was the editor in chief of, Günlük, was closed by the Turkish authorities[4] due to suspected support of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).[5] He was also a columnist for the newspapers Özgür Gündem and Evrensel.[3]