Sırrı Sakık

Sırrı Sakık (born 1 August 1957, Yörecik, Muş Province, Turkey[1]) is a Turkish-Kurdish journalist and politician.

[3] Sakık was first elected to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey in 1991 on a ticket of the Social Democratic People's Party (SHP).

[6][7] He was a founding member of the Democratic Society Party (DTP) in 2005[8] and entered parliament again in 2007, technically running as an independent.

[12] On 15 September 2012 his son Sedar Sakık committed suicide by jumping from the balcony of his house.

[14] He supported women's participation in politics[15] and opposed the electoral process which included a 10% threshold for parties which forced politicians of the DTP to present themselves as independent candidates.