Zübeyir Aydar is a Kurdish

Kurdish people

The Kurdish people, or Kurds , are an Iranian people native to the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region known as Kurdistan, which includes adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey...

 politician and President of the Kongra-Gel, which is the parliament of the Koma Civakên Kurdistan

Koma Civakên Kurdistan

Koma Civakên Kurdistan is a Kurdish organization founded by Abdullah Öcalan as formerly named Koma Komalên Kurdistan to put in practice his ideology of democratic confederalism.Abdullah Öcalan is the group's honorary leader , however due to his...

 (KCK), making him the de facto political leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party

Kurdistan Workers' Party

The Kurdistan Workers' Party , commonly known as PKK, also known as KGK and formerly known as KADEK or KONGRA-GEL , is a Kurdish organization which has since 1984 been fighting an armed struggle against the Turkish state for an autonomous Kurdistan and greater cultural and political rights...

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Born in Siirt

Siirt

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, Turkey

Turkey

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, he graduated from the Law Faculty of Istanbul University

Istanbul University

Istanbul University is a Turkish university located in Istanbul. The main campus is adjacent to Beyazıt Square.- Synopsis :A madrasa, a religious school, was established sometime in the 15th century after the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople. An institution of higher education named the...

 after which he worked as a lawyer in Siirt from 1986 to 1991, where he organised a local branch of the Turkish Human Rights Association (IHD) and joined the first Kurdish party in Turkey, the People's Labor Party (HEP). He was elected to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey

Grand National Assembly of Turkey

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 in 1991 as an independent from Siirt. When HEP was banned in 1993, he joined the new Kurdish party, the Democracy Party

Democracy Party

Democracy Party was a pro-Kurdish political party in Turkey. It was founded in May 1993 by several prominent members of the People's Labor Party . The party became divided over the issue of the PKK, two factions - moderate and radical - appeared. Due to the promotion of Kurdish nationalism the...

 (DEP). When DEP was banned in 1994, Aydar fled to Belgium

Belgium

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 as most party members were arrested by Turkish authorities. In Europe he joined the Kurdistan Parliament in Exile (PKDW) and later the Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) and Union of Communities in Kurdistan (KCK), where he became head of the legislature in 2003.

He is wanted in Turkey for being a member of an illegal political party and wanted by the U.S. Department of the Treasury for alleged narcotics trafficking since October 14, 2009, along with Murat Karayılan

Murat Karayilan

Murat Karayılan is the current acting leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party.He has been the PKK's acting leader ever since its original founder and leader, Abdullah Öcalan, was captured in 1999....

 Ali Riza Altun.