Adnan Selçuk Mızraklı (born in Siverek, 1963) is a Kurdish politician of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and former member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey and Mayor of Diyarbakir.
When Mızraklı was three years old his family moved to Eskişehir due to his father's work.
[3] He became well known amongst the opposition as he made public a luxury suite in Diyarbakir Municipality which was built before he took office.
[9] Human Rights Watch stated that "the evidence in an indictment against him does not support the charge that he was involved with terrorism or committed crimes.
[12] In that case, the prosecution saw his participation in meetings organized by the HDP or his activism against the execution of Ramin Hossein-Penahi in Iran as terror propaganda.