Sevahir Bayındır, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Sevahir Bayındır

Turkish politician

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1969

Place of Birth: Karlıova, Turkey

Profession: politician

Nationality: Turkey

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Sevahir Bayındır

  • Sevahir Bayindir (* 1 January 1969, Karliova, Bingöl Province, Turkey) is a Kurdish MP for the Democratic Society Party (DTP) in Sirnak, Eastern Turkey. Bayindir attended high school in Trabzon, going on to study nursing at the Ege University School of Nursing in Izmir.
  • Between 1991 and 1997 she worked as a nurse in Izmir.
  • She was a co-founder of the Democratic People's Party (DEHAP), which she chaired from 1998-2002.
  • Since 2002 she has been active in the Rainbow Women's Association.
  • In 1999 she stood as candidate of HADEP in Diyarbakir and in 2002 for DEHAP in Mersin.
  • Both times she was unsuccessful.
  • In July 2007, Bayindir stood as an independent candidate within the DTP supported Thousand Hopes alliance for the Turkish parliamentary elections and was elected to the Turkish Parliament.
  • She was the first woman to represent Sirnak.
  • In June 2009 she brought a motion that a committee investigating child labour be formed.
  • In 2012 an arrest warrant was issued for Bayindir due to a speech she held in Sirnak.
  • The prosecution demanded a 5 year prison sentence, but she did not attend the hearing and was believed to have travelled to Europe.

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