Kürşat Mican Explained

Kürşat Mican
Birth Place:Eynesil, Giresun, Turkey
Birth Date:1 March 1982
Occupation:Politician, author
Yearsactive:2000–present

Kürşat Mican (born 1 March 1982) is a Turkish politician and author. He has been a member of the Great Unity Party since 2000.

Biography

Mican was born on 1 March 1982 in Eynesil, Giresun, Turkey.[1] He moved to Istanbul with his family at a young age.[1] Mican studied in Istanbul and became the manager at Mican Group, the family's company.[1] Since 2000 he is a member of the Great Unity Party.[1] In 2018 he established the Yesevi Alperenler Association (Yesevi Alperenler Derneğini kurdu), an educational institution.[1] He participated as a helper in many war zones, especially Syria and Iraq, where he helped for 8 years.[1]

Mican is the founding president of Alpkurt (Alperen Arama Kurtarma).[1] He is Istanbul's Provincial President of Alperen Hearths.[2] [3]

In 2017 he was tried with a prison sentence of up to 6 years for "inciting people to hatred and hostility or humiliating" and fined 4 thousand liras for threats he pronounced against the participants of the LGBT Pride Week.[2]

In the night of 8 March 2018, the car on which he and his brother were riding was subject to a gun attack in Sultanbeyli. About ten bullets hit the car but Mican and his brother escaped unharmed.[4] In 2023 he protested the burning of the Quran in Sweden, calling for a boycott of "all products of other European states, especially Sweden".[5] [6]

In 2020 he published the book Şehit Lider Muhsin Başkan ve Davası, which is about the late BBP leader Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu.[7]

Major works

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kürşat Mican kimdir? BBP Genel Başkan adayı Kürşat Mican . www.yeniakit.com . . 31 May 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230531131000/https://www.yeniakit.com.tr/haber/kursat-mican-kimdir-bbp-genel-baskan-adayi-kursat-mican-1399429.html . 31 May 2023.
  2. Web site: Tarihi . Güncelleme . Alperen Ocakları Başkanı'nın LGBTİ'yi tehdit davasında karar çıktı . www.hurriyet.com . . 31 May 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230531123844/https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/alperen-ocaklari-baskaninin-lgbtleri-tehdit-davasinda-karar-cikti-40678306 . 31 May 2023.
  3. Web site: LGBTİ+’ları tehdit eden Kürşat Mican davası 14 Aralık’a ertelendi . www.sendika.org . . 31 May 2023.
  4. Web site: Tarihi . Güncelleme . Son dakika... Alperen Ocakları İstanbul İl Başkanına silahlı saldırı . . 31 May 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230531124509/https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/son-dakika-alperen-ocaklari-istanbul-il-baskanina-silahli-saldiri-40766051 . 31 May 2023.
  5. Web site: İsveç Konsolosluğu önünde Kur'an-ı Kerim'in yakılması protesto edildi . www.hurriyet.com . . 31 May 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230531130427/https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/isvec-konsoloslugu-onunde-kuran-i-kerimin-yakilmasi-protesto-edildi-42207826 . 31 May 2023.
  6. Web site: Alperen Ocakları İstanbul İl Başkanı Kürşat Mican'dan silahlı saldırı sonrası ilk açıklama . www.cumhuriyet.com . . 31 May 2023.
  7. Web site: Yesevî Alperenler Derneği Başkanı Kürşat Mican: 12 Eylül’de en ağır işkenceyi Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu gördü . www.yeniakit.com . . 31 May 2023.

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