Nihat Akdoğan
{{short description|Turkish politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Nihat Akdoğan
| office = Member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
| constituency = Hakkari
| termstart = June 2015
| termend = June 2018
| birth_place = Hakkari, Turkey
| birth_date = 9 March 1980
| party = Peoples' Democratic Party
| alma_mater = Anadolu University
}}
Nihat Akdoğan (born 9 March 1980, Hakkâri, Turkey) is a Turkish politician of Kurdish descent. He was a politician of the Democratic Society Party (DTP) and a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey for the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP).
Education
Akdoğan was born in Hakkari, where he attended high school.{{Cite web|title=Nihat Akdoğan Kimdir? - Nihat Akdoğan Hayatı ve Biyografisi|url=https://www.haberler.com/nihat-akdogan/biyografisi/|access-date=2021-12-29|website=Haberler.com|language=tr}} Later he graduated from Anadolu University in Eskişehir in Public Administration
Political career
He was involved in the DTP. In the parliamentary elections of June{{Cite web|title=Hakkari Seçim Sonuçları - 7 Haziran 2015 Genel Seçimleri {{!}} SABAH|url=http://www.sabah.com.tr/secim/7-haziran-2015-genel-secimleri/hakkari-secim-sonuclari|access-date=2021-12-29|website=Sabah}} and the snap election in November 2015 he was elected as an MP representing the HDP for Hakkari.{{Cite web|title=Hakkari 2015 Kasım Resmi Seçim Sonuçları|url=https://secimatlasi.com/secim-sonuclari/20152/hakkari/|access-date=2021-12-29|website=Seçim Atlası|language=tr}} He was arrested on the 7 November 2016 in Hakkari,{{Cite web|date=7 November 2021|title=HDP's Hakkari MP Akdoğan Arrested|url=https://m.bianet.org/bianet/world/180512-hdp-s-hakkari-mp-akdogan-arrested|access-date=29 December 2021|website=Bianet}} and was transferred to the Silivri prison in Istanbul where he was held in solitary confinement.{{Cite web|title=The HDP's Nihat Akdoğan: The whole country is losing|url=https://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/haber/the-hdps-nihat-akdogan-the-whole-country-is-losing-730916|access-date=2021-12-29|website=Cumhuriyet}} His arrest caused some controversy as Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş reported his "capture" at the entrance of Hakkari,{{Cite web|title=Turkey arrests another Kurdish lawmaker|url=https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/story/10198-Turkey-arrests-another-Kurdish-lawmaker|access-date=2021-12-29|website=www.kurdistan24.net|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Kutlügün|first=Satuk Bugra|date=7 November 2016|title=Another HDP deputy remanded in custody in terror probe|url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/turkey/another-hdp-deputy-remanded-in-custody-in-terror-probe/680677|access-date=2021-12-29|website=Anadolu Ajansı}} while Akdoğan responded that he was arrested in the city centre, which was about 80 km from the location he shall have been captured.{{Cite web|date=10 November 2016|title=Arrested HDP Deputy Akdoğan Responds to Vice PM Kurtulmuş|url=https://bianet.org/english/politics/180596-arrested-hdp-deputy-akdogan-responds-to-vice-pm-kurtulmus|access-date=29 December 2021|website=Bianet}} He was released in April 2017.{{Cite web|date=26 April 2017|title=Arrested HDP MP Akdoğan Released|url=https://m.bianet.org/english/print/185949-arrested-hdp-mp-akdogan-released|website=Bianet}} For the electoral campaign towards the parliamentary elections in 2018, Akdoğan was a member of a HDP delegation which toured Iraqi Kurdistan demanding the support from the local Kurdish population.{{Cite web|date=10 June 2018|title=HDP appeals for support in pre-election visit to Kurdistan Region|url=https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/turkey/100620181-amp|access-date=2021-12-29|website=Rudaw}} In the local elections of March 2019, he was a candidate for Sultanbeyli in Istanbul, but not elected.{{Cite web|title=2019 Seçimleri - 31 Mart 2019 İstanbul Sultanbeyli - Nihat Akdoğan - Yerel Seçim Belediye Sonuçları|url=https://www.haberler.com/secim/2019/yerel-secimler/hdp/nihat-akdogan-secim-sonuclari/|access-date=2021-12-29|website=www.haberler.com|language=tr-TR}}