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Figen Yuksekdag: A woman of substance
The leader of the People’s Democratic Party (HDP) faces spending the rest of her life in solitary confinement on trumped-up charges of terrorism, writes STEVE SWEENEY
TIME TO ACT: HDP Chairwoman Figen Yuksekdag (centre) meets the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe delegation in Ankara in August 2016
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Born into a Turkish farming family, Figen Yuksekdag is a revolutionary leader who should be revered as an icon across the world as a leading feminist, socialist and Marxist.
Despite leading one of the most inspirational struggles in Europe and beyond, however, her name is barely known outside Turkey or the Kurdish movement.
Figen Yuksekdag is a Marxist and revolutionary, described by some as a “radical feminist”, who was elected as the co-leader of the HDP alongside Selahattin Demirtas in 2014.
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