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Sırrı Süreyya Önder
July 7, 1962 – May 3, 2025
Turkish actor and director (1962–2025)
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Sırrı Süreyya Önder was a Turkish film director, actor, screenwriter, columnist and politician. Elected to parliament in 2011 as an independent backed by the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP), he later joined the party even though he was not of Kurdish descent. He competed in the 2014 municipal elections as the Istanbul mayoral candidate of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), the sister party of the BDP, coming third with 412,875 votes (4.83%). In the general election of 7 June 2015 he was elected as MP for the 1st electoral district of Ankara Province.
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- Birthday · July 7
- Anniversary · May 3
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