Nejla Demir
Nejla Demir (born 1988, Agri, Turkey) is an agricultural engineer and politician. Since June 2023 she is a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey representing the Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) for Agri.
Early life, education and professional career
[edit | edit source]Nejla Demir was born in Agri and received primary and secondary education in town.[1] Later she studied agricultural sciences at the Yüzüncü Yıl University in Van from where she graduated with a BSc in agricultural engineering and a MSc in animal sciences from the Institute of Science and Technology.[1] Nejla Demir worked at the Chamber of Agriculture since 2011.[1] According to their own account, she was working in Agri supporting agriculture for twelve years.[2]
Political career
[edit | edit source]In the parliamentary elections of May 2023, she was elected into the Grand National Assembly of Turkey representing Agri for the YSP.[3] She aims for enabling to establish agricultural projects based on women initiatives and to provide the young people an opportunity in Agri so they do not ned to emigrate abroad.[1]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Nejla Demir is married and the mother of two children.[1] Both of her parents were sentenced to prison for terrorist propaganda and they emigrated into exile abroad.[4] She was also imprisoned for a short while due to a tweet concerning the Turkish invasion of Syrian Kurdistan in Syria in 2019.[4]
References
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