İshak Sağlam (b. 1966; Kozluk) is a Kurdish politician and lawyer in Turkey who led the Kurdish Islamist Free Cause Party from October 2018 to June 2021.[1][2] He subsequently became deputy chairman and head of human rights and legal affairs of the party.[3]
İshak Sağlam | |
|---|---|
| Leader of the Free Cause Party | |
| In office 7 October 2018 – 6 June 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Mehmet Yavuz |
| Succeeded by | Zekeriya Yapıcıoğlu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1966 Batman |
| Political party | Free Cause Party |
| Children | 7 |
| Alma mater | Dicle University |
Biography edit
Born in 1966 in the town of Kozluk in Batman Province, Sağlam graduated from Dicle University in 1992 and subsequently as a lawyer.[1] In the 2000s, he worked as a defender for members of the Movement of the Oppressed, but was also sentenced to 6 years prison for being a member of the organization.[4]
In October 2018, he was elected leader of the Free Cause Party at the third convention of the party, winning 777 votes out of 1,165.[5] In April 2019, Sağlam and a delegation from the Free Cause Party visited Kurdistan Region of Iraq and met with Kurdistan Democratic Party leader Masoud Barzani.[6]
References edit
- ^ a b "HÜDA PAR yeni genel başkanını seçti". Kurdistan24 (in Turkish). 7 October 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
- ^ "Kurdistan Islamic Union congratulates Zekeriya Yapıcıoğlu for winning HÜDA PAR chairmanship". Dogru Haber. 5 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
- ^ "BAŞKANLIK DİVANI" (in Turkish). Retrieved 14 March 2023.
- ^ Çiçek, Nevzat (2008). Puşi ve sarık (in Turkish). Hayykitap. p. 75. ISBN 9789759059460.
- ^ "HÜDA PAR Genel Başkanlığına İshak Sağlam seçildi". Ilkha. 7 October 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
- ^ "HUDA PAR President Ishak Sağlam meets Barzani". Ilkha. 30 April 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
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