Please note the location change: Starr Auditorium, MacMillan Hall 117, 167 Thayer Street.
The lecture will cover the movement for democracy, human rights and civil liberties in the Middle East, with a special focus on relations between the US, Kurds and Turkey, the present state of the Kurdish movement, the issue of rights for Kurdish women, and present conditions in Turkey.
Sebahat Tuncel was born in 1975. She graduated from the Cartography and Land Surveying Department of Mersin University. Tuncel stepped into political life in 1998 via the Women’s Branch in the Party of People’s Democracy (HADEP) and assumed office as Esenler District Chairperson for two subsequent periods.Tuncel is one of the founders of the Democratic Society Party (DTP). Prior to her election as Ýstanbul Deputy at the 2007 General Elections, she held the title of DTP Women’s Assembly Spokesperson. Tuncel is currently the Vice Co-chairperson and Ýstanbul Deputy of Democratic Society Party. As a well-known human and women’s rights advocate, she is engaged in intellectual endeavor and shares her experience with various non-governmental organizations including the UNDP and Amnesty International in addition to her parliamentary activities.