Sevda Karaca Demir
Sevda Karaca Demir | |
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| Member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey | |
| Assumed office June 2, 2023 | |
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| Born | 1984 (age 39–40) Adana, Turkey |
| Political party | EMEP |
| Other political affiliations | DEM Party |
| Alma mater | Middle Eastern Technical University |
| Profession | Journalist |
Sevda Karaca Demir (born, 1984, Adana, Turkey) is a journalist and politician of the Labour Party (EMEP). Since June 2023 she is a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey representing Gaziantep. Before she was a journalist for the newspaper Evrensel.
Early life and education
[edit]Sevda Karaca was born in 1984 in Adana, as the daughter of a textile workers family. She studied political sciences at the Middle Eastern Technical University (ODTÜ) and was tempted by journalism.
Professional career
[edit]In 2007, Sevda Karaca began as a journalist for Evrensel and was also involved in founding Hayat TV.[1] For Hayat TV, Karaca was a reporter from Ankara.[1] She also became the presenter of the show Ekmek ve Gül that focuses on the women's workers rights.[1] In 2010 she established a women's supplement to the Evrensel also called Ekmek ve Gül.[1] In 2016, Hayat TV was shut down in the aftermath of the attempted coup d'état in 2016.[2] In 2018 she received the Metin Göktepe journalism award.[3] in 2021, she was a member of the jury for the Metin Göktepe award.[4]
Political career
[edit]In the parliamentary elections of May 2023, she was elected into the Grand National Assembly of Turkey representing the Green Left Party (YSP) for Gaziantep.[5]
Political positions
[edit]As a politician from Gaziantep, she defends workers rights.[6] In July 2023 she raised awareness about the situations of two workers from a factory owned by İrfan Çeliksan, an MP for the Justice and Development Party (AKP).[6] The workers were allegedly forced to work despite being diagnosed with COVID-19 and subsequently died.[6] The court suspended the investigation into their deaths due to the parliamentary immunity that protects Çeliksan.[6]
Sevda Karaca believes the elections in 2023 were not fair as the Governing alliance used state resources in their electoral campaign.[6] After the parliamentary elections she demanded a repetition of the elections in the Gaziantep province as around 2000 potential voters for the EMEP were inscribed as polling officials by the Patriotic Party without having informed them.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Can Arslan, Firat. "Erkek ittifakına karşı Yeşil Sol Parti'nin Dîlok adayı: Sevda Karaca". Mezopotamya Agency. Retrieved 2023-07-21.
- ^ "21 Remarkable Women Who Are Changing Eastern Europe". hromadske.ua. 2017-03-08. Retrieved 2023-07-21.
- ^ "21'inci Metin Göktepe Gazetecilik Ödülleri'ni kazananlar belli oldu". Evrensel. 2018-03-31. Archived from the original on 2018-03-31. Retrieved 2023-07-21.
- ^ "Metin Göktepe Gazetecilik Ödüllerini kazananlar belli oldu". Bianet. 27 March 2021.
- ^ "Gaziantep Seçim Sonuçları - 2023 Genel Seçim Gaziantep Oy Oranları | CANLI". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). 2023-07-20. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
- ^ a b c d e Kilic, Ekim (17 July 2023). "Marxist MPs in the New Turkish Parliament Aim to Bring in Workers' Voices: Interview with Sevda Karaca (Part 1)". Jadaliyya - جدلية. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
- ^ "YSP's request to renew elections in Gaziantep rejected". Gazete Duvar (in Turkish). 2023-05-18. Retrieved 2023-07-20.