Zülküf Uçar
Zülküf Uçar (1982, Van, Turkey) is a lawyer, President of the Van Bar Association and a politician of the Green Left Party (YSP).[1] In May 2023, he was elected to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey.
Personal life and education[edit]
Zülküf Uçar was born in Van, where he also attended primary and high school.[1] Uçar then enrolled into the Dokuz Eylül University in Izmir to study law.[1] Following his graduation, he worked as a lawyer in Van from 2007.[1] He is married since 2017.[2]
Professional career[edit]
As a lawyer he was involved in cases dealing with human rights violations and torture.[3] He became a member of the board of the Van Bar Association in 2012 and between 2018 and 2022 he was its president.[4] As the president of the Van Bar Association he refused to attend a ceremony marking the beginning of a new judicial year in the Presidential Palace in 2019, together with the majority of the lawyers in Turkey[5] and took part in the march of lawyers against a change of the electoral system in Bar Associations in June 2020.[6] In October 2021, he defended the right of manifestation and opposed the ban on manifestations imposed after the failed attempted coup d'état in 2016.[7] In the parliamentary elections of May 2023, he was elected to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, representing Van for the YSP.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "Zülküf Uçar Kimdir, Kaç Yaşında? Nereden Milletvekili Adayı?". Halk TV (in Turkish). 2023-05-09. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
- ^ "Eğitimci Ailenin Kızı Van'da Dünya Evine Girdi". Milliyet (in Turkish). 2017-09-11. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
- ^ "Systematic Torture and Ill-Treatment in Turkey" (PDF). Advocates of Silenced Turkey. January 2020. pp. 10, 102.
- ^ "Tarihçe". Van Bar Association.
- ^ "Turkish Bar Associations boycott new judicial year opening at presidential palace (updated) - The Arrested Lawyers Initiative". Arrested Lawyers Initiative. 2019-08-19. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
- ^ "Bar associations say their march to Ankara is 'against darkness'". Gazete Duvar (in Turkish). 2020-06-21. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
- ^ "NGOs protest 1,800-day demonstration ban in Van province". Bianet.
- ^ "Van Seçim Sonuçları - 2023 Genel Seçim Van Oy Oranları | CANLI". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). 2023-05-27. Retrieved 2023-05-27.