Ahmet Türk
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Ahmet Türk is a Kurdish politician in Turkey
. He was the chairman of the former pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party
(DTP) in Turkey and was a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
. On December 11, 2009, the Constitutional Court of Turkey voted to ban the DTP, accusing it of connection with PKK. Türk was expelled from the Grand National Assembly, and 36 other party members were banned from joining any political party for five years.
Ahmet Turk lost his father when he was ten years old. His older brother was deputy of the Justice Party
until he was murdered. Ahmet Türk, at the age of 31, then took over the leadership of the Kanco clan.
Ahmet Turk’s father Haci Sinan was a lumberjack
in the service of his late father Hüyesin Kanco, a commander of the Hamidieh. His father bequeathed his entire fortune, and the leadership of the Haci Sinan clan on the condition that that his eldest daughter should marry a Turk. With the adoption of the surname law
in Turkey, the family took the surname of Türk. Ahmet Türk is the child of the second wife of Haci Sinan.
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
. He was the chairman of the former pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party
Democratic Society Party
The Democratic Society Party was a Kurdish Kurdish nationalist political party in Turkey. The party considered itself social democratic, and had observer status in the Socialist International. It was considered to be the successor of the Democratic People's Party...
(DTP) in Turkey and was a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Grand National Assembly of Turkey
The Grand National Assembly of Turkey , usually referred to simply as the Meclis , is the unicameral Turkish legislature. It is the sole body given the legislative prerogatives by the Turkish Constitution. It was founded in Ankara on 23 April 1920 in the midst of the Turkish War of Independence...
. On December 11, 2009, the Constitutional Court of Turkey voted to ban the DTP, accusing it of connection with PKK. Türk was expelled from the Grand National Assembly, and 36 other party members were banned from joining any political party for five years.
Ahmet Turk lost his father when he was ten years old. His older brother was deputy of the Justice Party
Justice Party (Turkey)
The Justice Party was a Turkish political party prominent in the 1960s and 1970s. A descendant of the Democrat Party, the AP was dominated by Süleyman Demirel, who served six times as prime minister, and was in office at the time of the military coup on September 12, 1980...
until he was murdered. Ahmet Türk, at the age of 31, then took over the leadership of the Kanco clan.
Ahmet Turk’s father Haci Sinan was a lumberjack
Lumberjack
A lumberjack is a worker in the logging industry who performs the initial harvesting and transport of trees for ultimate processing into forest products. The term usually refers to a bygone era when hand tools were used in harvesting trees principally from virgin forest...
in the service of his late father Hüyesin Kanco, a commander of the Hamidieh. His father bequeathed his entire fortune, and the leadership of the Haci Sinan clan on the condition that that his eldest daughter should marry a Turk. With the adoption of the surname law
Surname Law (Turkey)
The Surname Law of the Republic of Turkey was adopted on June 21, 1934. The law required all citizens of Turkey to adopt the use of surnames. Turkey's Christian and Jewish citizens were already using surnames, but Muslims generally did not use Western-style surnames...
in Turkey, the family took the surname of Türk. Ahmet Türk is the child of the second wife of Haci Sinan.