Ozcan Purchu (born 1977) is a Turkish politician.
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Biography
He was born in 1977 in the city of Soke ila Aydin , except for Ozcan, the family had two more children. His parents were of Gypsy origin; they moved to Söke from акanakkale in the 1950s. Ozcan Purchu was born and raised in a plastic tent [2] , it housed only two beds, every few months the tent became unusable and had to acquire a new one. Ozcan's mother sold clothes, father - baskets [2] [3] .
Since there was no electricity in the home of Ozcan Purchu, he was forced to study by candlelight and street lamps. Purchu's parents were illiterate, Ozcan's father believed that his son should earn money, not study. Despite this, Ozcan Purchu graduated from high school with the best grades [2] .
Ozcan Purchu wanted to become a kaymakam , because he believed that the position of kaymakam was the peak of his career. To do this, Purchu studied public administration at the University of Uludag in Bursa, after completing his studies, he successfully passed the kaymakama exams, but was not taken to the post because of his ethnic origin [2] .
After some time, the European Council was in the process of forming a unit dealing with Roma. A representative from every European country was supposed to enter, thanks to his knowledge of Gypsy and English, Ozcan Purchu became a representative from Turkey [2] .
In 2001, Purcu joined the Republican People’s Party. In 2009, he ran for parliament from the silt of Izmir , in which about 400 thousand ethnic Gypsies live, but was not elected [2] [4] . On June 7, 2015, Ozcan Purchu was elected a member of the Great National Assembly from silt Izmir. He became the first gypsy elected to the Turkish parliament [2] , as well as the third gypsy elected to the parliament of a European country [2] .
Personal life
Married to Gülseren Göl. They have two children, a son and a daughter [5] .
Notes
- ↑ https://www.tbmm.gov.tr/develop/owa/milletvekillerimiz_sd.bilgi?p_donem=26&p_sicil=7255
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Dilek, Birsel . Özcan Purçu: a Roma on his way to Parliament (May 16, 2015). Archived on November 4, 2015. Date of treatment June 29, 2015.
- ↑ CHP İzmir Milletvekili Adayı Özcan Purçu kimdir? (tour.) (April 7, 2015). Date of treatment June 29, 2015.
- ↑ Turkey's main opposition fields Roma politician as MP candidate (April 7, 2015). Date of treatment June 29, 2015.
- ↑ Ceylan, Burhan . İlk Roman vekili seçilen Özcan Purçu, kızı 'Müjde'ye koştu ( tur .) (June 8, 2015). Date of treatment June 29, 2015.