Pervin Buldan
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Tekin Bingöl
Celal Adan
Pervin Buldan | |
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| Chairwoman of the Peoples' Democratic Party | |
| In office 11 February 2018 – 27 August 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Serpil Kemalbay |
| Succeeded by | Sultan Özcan |
| Deputy Speaker of the Grand National Assembly | |
| Assumed office 14 June 2025 | |
| Speaker | Numan Kurtulmuş |
| Serving with | Bekir Bozdağ Tekin Bingöl Celal Adan |
| Preceded by | Sırrı Süreyya Önder |
| In office 23 November 2015 – 20 February 2018 | |
| Speaker | İsmail Kahraman |
| Serving with | Ahmet Aydın Ayşe Nur Bahçekapılı Akif Hamzaçebi |
| Preceded by | Yurdusev Özsökmenler |
| Succeeded by | Mithat Sancar |
| Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
| Assumed office 23 July 2007 | |
| Constituency | Iğdır (2007, 2011) İstanbul (III) (June 2015, Nov 2015) İstanbul (I) (2018) Van (2023) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 November 1967 |
| Party | Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) (2023-present) |
| Other political affiliations | Democratic Society Party (2007–2009) Peace and Democracy Party (2009–2014) Peoples' Democratic Party (2014–2023) Independent (during 2007 and 2011 elections) |
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Pervin Buldan (born 6 November 1967) is a Turkish politician of Kurdish origin. She was a member of the Democratic Society Party (DTP). She was President of Yakay-Der[1] and one of the deputy speakers in the 26th Parliament of Turkey. On 11 February 2018, she was elected co-leader of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) in the party's 3rd ordinary congress.
She was born in Hakkâri Province in 1967, where she grew up and went to school.[2] She graduated from high school[2] and started work as an official in the local government administration department. At the age of 19, she married her cousin Savaş Buldan. The couple moved to Istanbul in 1990, where Pervin Buldan was a full-time housewife. One year later, Pervin's first child, Necirvan, was born. Savaş Buldan, a well known businessman and opposition supporter, was murdered. He was accused of being a drug dealer and PKK financier by the Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MIT). In 1993, their life changed when Prime Minister Tansu Çiller made a speech declaring that the government had a list of businessmen supporting the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) whom they would hold accountable.[2] After that speech, Savas received a series of threatening telephone calls. The period of "killings by unidentified murderers" against businessmen, including Savaş Buldan, began. On 3 June 1994, Pervin's husband Savaş and his two friends, Adnan Yıldırım and Hacı Karay were abducted after leaving the Hotel Çınar in Yesilköy.[2] The next day their bodies were found in Bolu, at the edge of the river Melen. They carried scars of heavy torture and had been shot in the head. Pervin Buldan gave birth to her daughter, Zelal on the same day, 4 June.[3] Later Pervin Buldan appealed to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) which ruled in favor of Buldan and acknowledged there was a violation of Art. 2 and 13 of the European Convention of Human Rights, that there were deficiencies in the investigations around the death of Savas Buldan[4] and ordered Turkey to pay her and her family 26'000€.[5][6][4]
