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Figen Yüksekdağ

1971 - Today

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Figen Yüksekdağ Şenoğlu (born 19 December 1971) is a Turkish politician and journalist, who was a former co-leader of the left-wing Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) of Turkey from 2014 to 2017, serving alongside Selahattin Demirtaş. She was a Member of Parliament for Van since the June 2015 general election until her parliamentary membership was revoked by the courts on 21 February 2017. Her party membership and therefore her co-leadership position were revoked by the courts on 9 March 2017 following a six-year prison sentence for distributing "terrorist propaganda". In May 2024, she was sentenced to 30 years and three months in prison. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Figen Yüksekdağ is the 18,066th most popular politician (up from 18,129th in 2024), the 1,331st most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 1,367th in 2019) and the 505th most popular Turkish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Figen Yüksekdağ ranks 18,066 out of 19,576. Before her are Arancha González Laya, Felice Mariani, Kathleen Blanco, Jon Corzine, Marsha Blackburn, and Tibor Navracsics. After her are Leon Brittan, Wayne Allard, Katalin Szili, Badra Gunba, Al D'Amato, and Hassan Abshir Farah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Figen Yüksekdağ ranks 535. Before her are Toshihiro Yoshimura, Merrin Dungey, Martin Atkinson, Pınar Selek, Kristine Lilly, and Géraldine Pailhas. After her are Emrah, Alice Evans, Imtiaz Ali, Gérard Lopez, Yasuyuki Iwasaki, and Vadim Repin.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Figen Yüksekdağ ranks 1,331 out of 1,347. Before her are Eren Keskin (1959), Mustafa Şentop (1968), Mike Lazaridis (1961), Hakan Ünsal (1973), Gürkan Uygun (1974), and Pınar Selek (1971). After her are Emrah (1971), Mehmet Akif Pirim (1968), Necmi Gençalp (1960), Kâzım Koyuncu (1971), Tümer Metin (1974), and Çağlar Ertuğrul (1987).

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Among POLITICIANS In Türkiye

Among politicians born in Türkiye, Figen Yüksekdağ ranks 505. Before her are Mehmet Şimşek (1967), Pervin Buldan (1967), Süleyman Soylu (1969), Dilan Yeşilgöz (1977), İsmet Yılmaz (1961), and Mustafa Şentop (1968). After her are Fatma Şahin (1966), Ali Yerlikaya (null), Gültan Kışanak (1961), Ömer Çelik (1968), Fahrettin Koca (1965), and Tahir Elçi (1966).

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