Osman Baydemir | |
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Mayor of Diyarbakır | |
In office 2004–2014 | |
Preceded by | Feridun Çelik |
Succeeded by | Gülten Kışanak |
Member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey | |
Assumed office 2014 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Diyarbakır, Turkey | 1 January 1971
Osman Baydemir (born 1971 in Diyarbakır) is a Kurdish politician, lawyer and human rights activist. He was the mayor of his home town of Diyarbakır from 2004 to 2014. He was a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey for the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) and also the Peoples Democratic Party (HDP).