Ertuğrul Kürkçü

Ertuğrul Kürkçü
Honorary President of the Peoples' Democratic Party
Assumed office
22 June 2014
Serving with Sebahat Tuncel
Preceded byPosition established
Co-chairperson of the Peoples' Democratic Party
In office
27 October 2013  22 June 2014
Serving with Sebahat Tuncel
Preceded byFatma Gök & Yavuz Önen
Succeeded byFigen Yüksekdağ
& Selahattin Demirtaş
Co-spokesperson of the Peoples' Democratic Congress
In office
16 October 2011  13 November 2016
Co-spokespersonGülistan Koçyiğit
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byOnur Hamzaoğlu
Member of the Grand National Assembly
In office
12 June 2011  16 May 2018
ConstituencyIzmir (November 2015), Izmir (June 2015), Mersin (2011)
President of the Turkish Revolutionary Youth Federation
In office
18 October 1970  27 April 1971
Preceded byAtilla Sarp
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
Born (1948-05-05) 5 May 1948
Bursa, Turkey
Political partyPeoples' Democratic Party
(2013–present)
Peace and Democracy Party
(2011–2013)
Freedom and Solidarity Party
(1996-2000)
Other political
affiliations
Turkish Revolutionary Youth Federation (DEV-GENÇ)
Peoples' Democratic Congress (HDK)
Websitewww.ertugrulkurkcu.org

Ertuğrul Kürkçü (born 5 May 1948) is a Turkish politician, socialist activist and the current Honorary President of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) as of 22 June 2014 and Honorary Associate of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) as of 8 October 2018.