Edibe Şahin

Edibe Şahin (born 1960 in Nazımiye, Tunceli, Turkey) was the mayor of the municipality of Tunceli (Mamekiye), the capital of Tunceli Province in Eastern Anatolia, for the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP). She was elected in the March 2009 local elections.[1]Şahin is married with two children.

In 1980 she went into exile, due to the political situation after the military coup. Even after an amnesty she did not return. Before returning to Turkey to stand for election, she worked for many years for women and human rights organisations. [2] In 2010 she was sentenced to 10 months in prison by the Malatya 3rd Heavy Penal Court on charges of making propaganda for an illegal organisation.[3]

Şahin has also attracted media attention to the campaign against the Munzur Dam[4][5] and helped set up the Kurdish Institute of Istanbul, a city where she spent part of her youth.[6]

In November 2016 Şahin got arrested in Tunceli over alleged links with the PKK.[7] In December 2017 she was sentenced to 8 years and 9 months imprisonment.[8]

References
  1. "Woman's touch needed in politics". Hurriyet. 2009-04-09. Retrieved 2012-09-13.
  2. "Exiled in 1980, Şahin Returns Tunceli as Mayor". Bianet. 2009-04-01. Retrieved 2012-09-13.
  3. "Punishments against Kurdish politicians rain down". Diha. 2010-12-09. Retrieved 2012-09-13.
  4. "People from Munzur Walked Against Dam". STGM. 2011-01-17. Retrieved 2012-09-13.
  5. "Filmmakers condemn dams in eastern Turkey's Dersim". Hurriyet. 2011-05-26. Retrieved 2012-09-13.
  6. "Edibe Şahin". Kurdica. 2009-04-11. Retrieved 2012-09-13.
  7. TM. "Former pro-Kurdish HDP deputy detained in Tunceli - Turkish Minute". Retrieved 2019-05-25.
  8. "Two co-mayors released, another sentenced to 8 years in prison". ANF News. Retrieved 2019-05-25.
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