Sera Kadıgil Explained

Sera Kadıgil
Office:Spokesperson of Workers' Party of Turkey
Termstart:2021
Birth Date:29 November 1984
Birth Place:Istanbul, Turkey
Party:Workers' Party of Turkey (2021–present)
Otherparty:Republican People's Party (2010–2021)
Alma Mater:Istanbul University Faculty of Law
Nationality:Turkish
Occupation:Politician, lawyer
Office1:Member of the Grand National Assembly
Constituency1:İstanbul (I) (2018, 2023)
Termstart1:7 July 2018
Honorific Suffix:MP

Saliha Sera Kadıgil (born 29 November 1984) is a Turkish politician and lawyer. She has served as a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey in its 27th legislative term since 2018. Initially a member of CHP, she later resigned and joined the Workers' Party of Turkey in 2021.

Early life and education

After graduating from Vefa High School in 2003, she graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Law in 2007. She completed her master's degree in private law at the same university in 2010 and wrote her master's thesis on cinema works after her research at Queen Mary University of London. She is pursuing a doctorate at Istanbul University.[1]

Career

Kadıgil, who has been a member of the Istanbul Bar Association Animal Rights Commission Executive Board since 2008, has worked as a manager in many non-governmental organizations related to animal rights. She was a member of the CHP Women's Branch Central Board of Directors and served as a party council member for 3 terms. She is a member of the TBMM Equal Opportunities Committee for Women and Men. She resigned from CHP on Friday, 25 June 2021, and joined the Workers' Party of Turkey (TİP).[2] She staged a protest against Fuat Oktay during a parliamentary budget hearing in 2021, where she played two songs, "Yalan" (Lie) and "Palavra palavra", through a loudspeaker.[3] She received an official reprimand for the protest.[4]

Personal life

She has been married to Tolga Sütlü since 2017.[5]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CHP İstanbul Milletvekili Saliha Sera Kadıgil Sütlü, partisinden istifa etti. 2022-01-07. www.ntv.com.tr. tr.
  2. Web site: Sazak. Selim. Turkey's Left-Wing 'Squad' Is Coming for Erdogan. 2021-12-26. Foreign Policy. en-US.
  3. News: Medyatava. 2021-12-18. TİP milletvekillerinden Meclis'te protesto... Sera Kadıgil şarkı açtı, ceza aldı. Fuat Oktay TİP'li vekillere çok sert cevap verdi: Korsan demokrasi olmaz, diktatörlüktür bu. 2022-01-07. Medyatava. tr-TR.
  4. Web site: TİP milletvekillerinden TBMM'de protesto: Kadıgil'e kınama cezası. 2022-01-07. www.cumhuriyet.com.tr. tr.
  5. Web site: 2023-05-11 . Sera Kadıgil’in eşi Tolga Sütlü kim, kaç yaşında, ne iş yapıyor? . 2023-07-25 . Damga Gazetesi . tr.