basak demirtas kurdish turkish teacher author and the wife of selahattin demirta the former leader of the peoples democratic party hdp who she has been campaigning to get released from prison since 2016 prof mithat sancar turkish professor of public and constitutional law columnist co chairof peoples democratic party hdp and member of parliament for the peoples democratic party hdp garo paylan armenian descent turkish politician one of the first armenian members of turkeys parliament for the peoples democratic party hdp at the newroz celebration in diyarbakir turkey 2f4mg8j.jpg from türkişh khans with turkish wife View Photo