Turkish HDP MP purged and persecuted for speaking up for human rights

Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy, medical doctor and activist, has dedicated his whole career to fighting for human rights in Turkey. After the coup attempt in 2016, he was one of thousands to be purged from public service, and was later sentenced to 2,5 years of imprisonment for a social media post. Since, he has made it his mission to stand with those targeted and oppressed by President Erdoğan’s regime and expose human rights violations in the country.