Alican Önlü
{{Short description|Kurdish politician (born 1967)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Alican Önlü
| office = {{GNAT MP}}
| party = HDP
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|12|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = Nazımiye, Turkey
| constituency = Tunceli (June 2015, Nov 2015, 2018)
| term_start = 23 June 2015
| term_end = 14 May 2023
}}
Alican Önlü (born 27 December 1967, Nazimye, Turkey) is a Kurdish politician of the Peoples Democratic Party (HDP) and a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. Throughout his political career he was a politician in a variety of parties such as the Democracy Party (DEP) and the Democratic Society Party (DTP).{{Cite web|date=6 March 2017|title=HDP MP Alican Önlü Released|url=https://m.bianet.org/bianet/politics/184223-hdp-mp-alican-onlu-released|access-date=8 January 2021|website=Bianet}}
Political career
Önlü is a Kurdish politician of the Alevi faith{{Cite journal|last=Günes|first=Cengiz|date=May 2020|title=Political Representation of Alevi Kurds in Turkey: Historical Trends and Main Transformations|url=http://oro.open.ac.uk/76119/1/KurdishStudies.pdf|journal=Kurdish Studies|publisher=The Open University|volume=8|pages=86|doi=10.33182/ks.v8i1.522|s2cid=225846227}} and has been active in several political parties. Beginning with the People's Labour Party (HEP) he later joined the DEP, the People's Labor Party (HEP), the People's Democracy Party (HADEP), then the Democratic Society Party (DTP) and the Democratic Regions Party (DBP) before he joined the HDP. He was active in the Istanbul branch for the HADEP and the Democratic People's Party (DEHAP) in Tunceli.{{Cite web|title=Alican Önlü kimdir? - Yeni Akit|url=https://www.yeniakit.com.tr/biyografi/alican-onlu|access-date=2022-01-09|website=www.yeniakit.com.tr|language=tr}} In the parliamentary elections of June 2015 Önlü was elected to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, representing Tunceli for the Peoples Democratic Party (HDP).{{Cite web|last=Şafak|first=Yeni|date=2022-10-01|title=Tunceli Seçim Sonuçları 2015 - Genel Seçim 2015|url=https://www.yenisafak.com/secim-2015/tunceli-ili-secim-sonuclari|access-date=2022-01-09|website=Yeni Şafak|language=tr-TR}} He was relelected in the snap elections of November 2015{{Cite web|last=Şafak|first=Yeni|date=2022-10-01|title=Tunceli Seçim Sonuçları 2015 - Genel Seçim Kasım 2015|url=https://www.yenisafak.com/secim-2015-kasim/tunceli-ili-secim-sonuclari|access-date=2022-01-09|website=Yeni Şafak|language=tr-TR}} and also in June 2018.{{Cite web|last=Şafak|first=Yeni|date=2022-10-01|title=Tunceli Seçim Sonuçları - Genel Seçim 2018 Tunceli Sonucu|url=https://www.yenisafak.com/secim-2018/tunceli-ili-secim-sonuclari|access-date=2022-01-09|website=Yeni Şafak|language=tr-TR}}
= Prosecution =
He was arrested in December 2016 and accused of being involved in the Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) which Turkey sees as an extension of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).{{Cite web|last=Christie-Miller|first=Alexander|date=2010-08-05|title=The PKK and the Closure of Turkey's Kurdish Opening|url=https://merip.org/2010/08/the-pkk-and-the-closure-of-turkeys-kurdish-opening/|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-09|website=MERIP|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203142131/https://merip.org/2010/08/the-pkk-and-the-closure-of-turkeys-kurdish-opening/ |archive-date=2020-12-03 }} He was released in March 2017 pending trial. In a separate case, he was sentenced to one year and six months imprisonment for spreading propaganda for the PKK on terror related charges in February 2019.{{Cite web|last=SCF|date=2019-02-15|title=2 pro-Kurdish HDP deputies sentenced by Turkish court on terrorism charges|url=https://stockholmcf.org/2-pro-kurdish-hdp-deputies-sentenced-over-terrorism-charges-in-turkey/|access-date=2022-01-09|website=Stockholm Center for Freedom|language=en-US}} The KCK case was treated as part of the KCK mail trail and as of September 2019, the case was still ongoing.{{Cite web|date=24 September 2019|title=Supreme Court of Appeals Upholds Prison Sentences of 3 HDP MPs|url=https://bianet.org/english/law/213474-supreme-court-of-appeals-upholds-prison-sentences-of-3-hdp-mps|access-date=9 January 2021|website=Bianet}} On the 17 March 2021, the State Prosecutor before the Court of Cassation of Turkey Bekir Şahin filed a lawsuit before the Constitutional Court demanding for Önlü and 686 other HDP politicians a five-year ban to engage in politics.{{Cite web|title=HDP indictment seeks political ban for 687 members, including Demirtaş, Buldan and Sancar|url=https://www.bianet.org/english/politics/241005-hdp-indictment-seeks-political-ban-for-687-members-including-demirtas-buldan-and-sancar|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-19|website=Bianet|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210318130959/https://bianet.org/english/politics/241005-hdp-indictment-seeks-political-ban-for-687-members-including-demirtas-buldan-and-sancar |archive-date=2021-03-18 }} The lawsuit was filed jointly with a request for a closure of the HDP due to the parties alleged organizational links with the PKK.{{Cite web|date=2021-03-18|title=Turkish prosecutor seeks political ban on 687 pro-Kurdish politicians|url=https://www.duvarenglish.com/turkish-prosecutor-seeks-political-ban-on-687-pro-kurdish-politicians-news-56691|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-19|website=www.duvarenglish.com|publisher=Gazete Duvar|language=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412234004/https://www.duvarenglish.com/turkish-prosecutor-seeks-political-ban-on-687-pro-kurdish-politicians-news-56691 |archive-date=2021-04-12 }}
Personal life
References
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Category:Democratic Society Party politicians
Category:People's Labor Party politicians
Category:Democratic Regions Party politicians
Category:Members of the 26th Parliament of Turkey
Category:Members of the 27th Parliament of Turkey
Category:Peoples' Democratic Party (Turkey) politicians