Hüda Kaya

Hüda Kaya (born 9 October 1960 in Istanbul) is a Turkish journalist, writer, activist and politician of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP).

Following her parents' divorce, Kaya was raised by her Turkish nationalist father and her stepmother, while she didn't meet her biologic mother until the age of 45.

She professed Islam and subsequently married her husband of Iraqi background, giving birth to three daughters and a son.

[1] With time she wanted to divorce and she moved from Istanbul to Malatya, where she owned a small shop, and worked as a journalist for local radio and newspapers.

[5] The lawsuit was filed together with the request for the HDP to be shut down due to the parties alleged organizational links with the PKK.