Sırrı Süreyya Önder
Sırrı Süreyya Önder | |
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Önder in 2023 | |
| Deputy Speaker of the Grand National Assembly | |
| In office 2 June 2023 – 3 May 2025 | |
| Speaker | Numan Kurtulmuş |
| Preceded by | Nimetullah Erdoğmuş |
| Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
| In office 2 June 2023 – 3 May 2025 | |
| Constituency | İstanbul (I) (2023) |
| In office 28 June 2011 – 16 May 2018 | |
| Constituency | İstanbul (II) (2011) Ankara (I) (June 2015, Nov 2015) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 July 1962 Adıyaman, Turkey |
| Died | 3 May 2025 (aged 62) Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Resting place | Zincirlikuyu Cemetery, Istanbul |
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| Spouse |
Halide Tülay Demirsöz
(m. 1991; div. 1991) |
| Children | Ceren Önder Kandemir |
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Sırrı Süreyya Önder (7 July 1962 – 3 May 2025) was a Turkish film director, actor, screenwriter, columnist and politician. Elected to parliament in 2011 as an independent backed by the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP), he later joined the party even though he was not of Kurdish descent. He competed in the 2014 municipal elections as the Istanbul mayoral candidate of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), the sister party of the BDP, coming third with 412,875 votes (4.83%). In the general election of 7 June 2015 he was elected as MP for the 1st electoral district of Ankara Province.
He became a Deputy Speaker of the Grand National Assembly on 2 June 2023.