Orhan Miroğlu

Orhan Miroğlu
Orhan Miroğlu
Member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
	In office; June 2015 – June 2018
Constituency	Mardin
Personal details
Born	1 January 1953; Gelinkaya, Midyat, Turkey
Citizenship	Turkish
Political party	AKP

Orhan Miroğlu (born 1 January 1953, Midyat, Turkey) is a Turkish politician of Mhallami^[1]^[2] origin and columnist for Taraf and Today's Zaman.

Education and early life

Born in the village of Gelinkaya,^[3] Miroğlu spent his youth in Batman and Diyarbakır and following his graduation from the Diyarbakir Vocational School he was employed as a teacher for a year.^[4] He was arrested in the aftermath of the coup d'état in 1980.^[4] He was sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment for his involvement in the Socialist Party of Kurdistan [de].^[4] He was released in 1988.^[4] On the 20 September 1992, he was wounded during the assassination of Musa Anter,^[5] which he says was carried out by the Turkish Gendarmerie's JITEM.^[6] Miroğlu speaks native level Turkish, advanced level of Kurdish and Arabic, and an intermediate level of English.^[7] His mother knew Arabic and Kurdish.^[8]

Political career

He was involved in several pro-Kurdish parties like the Peoples Democratic Party (HADEP), the Democratic Peoples Party (DEHAP) or the Democratic Society Party (DTP). He was banned from politics for five years, following the 2009 closure of the Democratic Society Party (DTP).^[9] Later he joined the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and was elected as a member of parliament representing Mardin in the parliamentary elections of June 2015,^[10] and the following snap elections of November 2015.^[11]

In January 2021, he claimed that Joe Biden, the president of the United States was actually a Kurd of the Biruki tribe.^[12]^[13]^[14]

Professional career

Miroglu was a journalist for several newspapers such as the Taraf, the Zaman, Özgür Politika, or Radikal.^[4]

Books

Dıjwar – Onlara Dair Her Şey (Avesta Yayınları, 2004)
Çapraz Ateşte İki Halk: Türkler ve Kürtler – Yeni Jeopolitika ve Nasyonalizm (Beybûn, 2005).
O'na Zarfsız Kuşlar Gönderin- Uğur KAYMAZ Kitabı (agorakitaplığı)
Kuşatmadan İnfaza: Musa Anter Cinayeti - on the 1992 assassination of Musa Anter.

References

^ Miroğlu, Orhan [@OrhanMiroglu] (21 November 2021). "1.Bugün 1919'da, işgale karşı duran Mardin'in onur günü. Aynı tarihte Binbaşı Noel köyümüze gelir ve Mıhallemi Emirleri olan dedem ve amcama 'Osmanlı İmparatorluğu bitti' diyerek isyana davet eder, ama iki emir, 'Doğru, İmparatorluk çöktü ama, biz Türkler'den ayrılamayız'derler" (Tweet) (in Turkish). Retrieved 2 January 2023 – via Twitter.
^ Kural, Beyza. "Mıhallemiler Meclis Yolunda". bianet. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
^ "TBMM - Orhan MİROĞLU" (in Turkish). Retrieved 29 December 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Orhan Miroğlu Kimdir ? - Orhan Miroğlu Hayatı ve Biyografisi". www.haberler.com. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
^ "Amtlich geschützter Terror". FOCUS Online (in German). Retrieved 2021-01-22.
^ Hurriyet Daily News, 5 October 2010, Turkish enigma to remain one more mystery
^ "Orhan Miroğlu kimdir, aslen nereli? AK Parti MKYK üyesi Orhan Miroğlu kaç yaşında?". Milliyet. 24 March 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
^ Miroğlu, Orhan (18 June 2012). "'Baba biz yabancı mıyız?'". İlke Haber. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
^ "Ve DTP kapatıldı!". Yüksekova Haber Portalı (in Turkish). 2009-12-11. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
^ "Seçim Sonuçları 2015: Mardin seçim sonuçları belli oldu!". www.sozcu.com.tr. 6 July 2015. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
^ "1 Kasım Mardin seçim sonuçları son dakika". www.sozcu.com.tr. 11 January 2015. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
^ "AKP'li Orhan Miroğlu: Biden, ABD'ye göç etmiş bir Kürt aileden geliyormuş". www.cumhuriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). 22 January 2021. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
^ "Orhan Miroğlu: Birileri Biden Kürt diyormuş... Takipçi: Bir de HDP'liymiş..." www.gazeteduvar.com.tr/ (in Turkish). 2021-01-22. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
^ "Orhan Miroglus tweet of the 21 January 2021".

External links

Taraf columns

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[1] Miroğlu, Orhan [@OrhanMiroglu] (21 November 2021). "1.Bugün 1919'da, işgale karşı duran Mardin'in onur günü. Aynı tarihte Binbaşı Noel köyümüze gelir ve Mıhallemi Emirleri olan dedem ve amcama 'Osmanlı İmparatorluğu bitti' diyerek isyana davet eder, ama iki emir, 'Doğru, İmparatorluk çöktü ama, biz Türkler'den ayrılamayız'derler" (Tweet) (in Turkish). Retrieved 2 January 2023 – via Twitter.

[2] Kural, Beyza. "Mıhallemiler Meclis Yolunda". bianet. Retrieved 3 January 2023.

[3] "TBMM - Orhan MİROĞLU" (in Turkish). Retrieved 29 December 2022.

[:0-4] "Orhan Miroğlu Kimdir ? - Orhan Miroğlu Hayatı ve Biyografisi". www.haberler.com. Retrieved 2021-01-22.

[5] "Amtlich geschützter Terror". FOCUS Online (in German). Retrieved 2021-01-22.

[6] Hurriyet Daily News, 5 October 2010, Turkish enigma to remain one more mystery

[7] "Orhan Miroğlu kimdir, aslen nereli? AK Parti MKYK üyesi Orhan Miroğlu kaç yaşında?". Milliyet. 24 March 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2023.

[8] Miroğlu, Orhan (18 June 2012). "'Baba biz yabancı mıyız?'". İlke Haber. Retrieved 3 January 2023.

[9] "Ve DTP kapatıldı!". Yüksekova Haber Portalı (in Turkish). 2009-12-11. Retrieved 2021-01-22.

[10] "Seçim Sonuçları 2015: Mardin seçim sonuçları belli oldu!". www.sozcu.com.tr. 6 July 2015. Retrieved 2021-01-22.

[11] "1 Kasım Mardin seçim sonuçları son dakika". www.sozcu.com.tr. 11 January 2015. Retrieved 2021-01-22.

[12] "AKP'li Orhan Miroğlu: Biden, ABD'ye göç etmiş bir Kürt aileden geliyormuş". www.cumhuriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). 22 January 2021. Retrieved 2021-01-22.

[13] "Orhan Miroğlu: Birileri Biden Kürt diyormuş... Takipçi: Bir de HDP'liymiş..." www.gazeteduvar.com.tr/ (in Turkish). 2021-01-22. Retrieved 2021-01-22.

[14] "Orhan Miroglus tweet of the 21 January 2021".

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