Mahinur ozdemir biography of albert
Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş
Turkish-Belgian politician
Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş (born 7 November ) is a Turkish-Belgian politician, diplomat and was Turkey's Ambassador to Algeria between and [1] She is the youngest and first female member of parliament to wear the hijab.
She was expelled from the Humanist Democratic Centre party (cdH) for denying the Armenian genocide in [2]
Biography
She can speak French, Dutch, English, Turkish and Spanish.[3] At first she wanted to study law, but as she reckoned that she wouldn't be able to litigate in court while wearing a hijab, she changed her mind.[4] She holds a degree in political science, public administration guidance (Free University of Brussels).
Mahinur ozdemir biography of albert Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş (born 7 November ) is a Turkish-Belgian politician, diplomat and was Turkey's Ambassador to Algeria between and [1] She is the youngest and first female member of parliament to wear the hijab.She is also an active member of many NGOs in Schaerbeek and the founder of a student organization. In , she was elected as municipal councilor in the municipality of Schaerbeek.[2] She joined the Christian Democratic Party in Brussels in and was elected as member of the Brussels Regional Parliament on 7 June [5] She was the first woman to wear the headscarf in a Belgian parliamentary assembly.[6][7] In July , she announced she wouldn't run in the local elections in October [8]
After the re-election of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in June she was appointed Minister for Family and Social Services.[9]
Political positions
Armenian Genocide denial
Ozdemir was expelled from her party, the Humanist Democratic Centre on 29 May because she denied the Armenian Genocide committed by the Ottoman Empire was a genocide.[10] She also didn't attend a moment of silence in memory of the victims of the Armenian genocide in parliament, defending herself that there were no court rulings that undermined the Armenian claims.[11] Ozdemir claimed this to be freedom of speech.[11] This is against the party’s deontological bylaws and CDH Chairman Benoit Lutgen had formerly stated that all genocide deniers within the party would be expelled.[11] In protest of this decision, two other members of the cdH, one of them the brother of Mahinur, also left the party, alleging the party underwent a shift to the right.[12] Ozdemir immediately received support from the Justice and Development (AKP) Party office in Brussels.[13] There also was a demonstration in support of Ozdemir by the AKP-affiliated UEDT&#;[de], beginning at the headquarters of her former party and ending at the Turkish embassy.