Filiz Koçali
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Filiz Koçali is a Turkish
politician and secretary general of the Socialist Democracy Party
(SDP). She is also known as a feminist
activist and journalist.
Born in Istanbul
, she participated in the students' movement in 1976. She interrupted her vocational training to work in several factories and take part in the fights of the labor movement. After the 1980 military coup, she was active in a human rights
organisation in Istanbul.
As a journalist she wrote for the magazines Kadınca and Kim and the newspapers Radikal gazetesi and BİA
. Having been a part of the women's rights movement since 1987, Koçali was one of the founding members of the feminist magazine Pazartesi, whose editor-in-chief she was for a while.
She was involved in the founding of the Freedom and Solidarity Party
(ÖDP) as well as the Socialist Democracy Party, which broke away from the former in 2002, and a member of the executive committees of both parties. She has been the secretary general of the SDP since May 2004.
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
politician and secretary general of the Socialist Democracy Party
Socialist Democracy Party
Socialist Democracy Party is a left-socialist party in Turkey. Most of its members were formerly in an opposition grouping within ÖDP, named Sosyalist Eylem Platformu . They defended closer ties with pro-Kurdish DEHAP and radical left and campaigned against privatisation and European Union...
(SDP). She is also known as a feminist
Feminism
Feminism is a collection of movements aimed at defining, establishing, and defending equal political, economic, and social rights and equal opportunities for women. Its concepts overlap with those of women's rights...
activist and journalist.
Born in Istanbul
Istanbul
Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...
, she participated in the students' movement in 1976. She interrupted her vocational training to work in several factories and take part in the fights of the labor movement. After the 1980 military coup, she was active in a human rights
Human rights
Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...
organisation in Istanbul.
As a journalist she wrote for the magazines Kadınca and Kim and the newspapers Radikal gazetesi and BİA
BIA
- Acronym :* Bureau of Indian Affairs, a US government agency* Board of Immigration Appeals, a US government agency* The IATA airport code for Bastia - Poretta Airport, or, informally:** Baghdad International Airport...
. Having been a part of the women's rights movement since 1987, Koçali was one of the founding members of the feminist magazine Pazartesi, whose editor-in-chief she was for a while.
She was involved in the founding of the Freedom and Solidarity Party
Freedom and Solidarity Party
Freedom and Solidarity Party is a left-wing party in Turkey. The party has had limited electoral success, although it controls a number of town halls and is influential in some unions of public employees...
(ÖDP) as well as the Socialist Democracy Party, which broke away from the former in 2002, and a member of the executive committees of both parties. She has been the secretary general of the SDP since May 2004.