Ferhat Encü

Ferhat Encü (born 5 August 1985) is a Kurdish politician and former member of the Turkish Parliament in the Şırnak Province.

[3] In 2009, Encü began to study at the Çukurova University in Adana, Turkey, but took a break from education in order to focus on speaking for the victims of the Roboski massacre after 2011.

[5] After, Encü began pursuing a political career in Turkey and on 7 June 2015, he was elected MP for the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP).

[1] Eventually, a brawl broke out on the floor of parliament as members of the Justice and Development Party (Turkish: Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi, abbreviated AKP) were reported to have been shoving Encü and accusing him of supporting a terrorist organization.

During the inquest against Encü following the Roboski massacre, he was accused of assault against the Uludere district's governor and was arrested and detained as a result.

[11] After his speech in Ankara, Encü was arrested and held in a pre-trial detention center until November, when Encü was officially convicted of alienating the public from military service, terrorist propaganda, incitement to animosity, entering military prohibited zones, attempted murder of a public official for their duty.