Şehzade Demir

Şehzade Demir was born on 1 January 1973 in Korkut district of Muş Province. He is of Kurdish ethnicity. Demir graduated from Ankara University.^[1]

Demir began his political career with the Pro-Kurdish rights movement. He was a founding member of the Peoples' Democratic Party, established in 2012. He held several positions within the HDP, serving as a Provincial Co-chair in Muş and later as a member of the party's Central Executive Committee (MYK).^[3]

In the lead-up to the 2023 general election, the HDP, facing the threat of closure by Turkey's Constitutional Court, decided to contest the election under the banner of the Green Left Party (YSP). Demir became a founding member of the YSP's parliamentary group. He was placed first on the YSP's candidate list for Muş Province.^[4][5] Demir was elected to the 28th Parliament of Turkey. He is a member of the Green Left Party parliamentary group.^[6] Demir serves as a member on the National Education, Culture, Youth and Sports Committee of the parliament.^[7]