Dilan Kunt Ayan
Dilan Kunt Ayan, is a Kurdish lawyer, women's rights activist and politician of the Green Left Party. Since June 2023, she is a member of the Grand [National Assembly of Turkey] representing Şanlıurfa for the YSP.
Dilan Kunt Ayan was born in 1989 in Viransehir, Şanlıurfa province and studied law at the Istanbul Kültür University. Following her graduation, she worked as a lawyer in Urfa and was involved in Urfa Bar Association in women's rights commission.
Professional career
In 2016, she established herself as a lawyer in Van, where she became a Member of the Board of the Van Bar Association and was involved in the associations women's affairs. In March 2021, the Star Women's Association was founded in Van, of which she was elected its president in April of the same year. In 2022, she requested the permission for the realization of a march in memory for the International Women's Day on the 8 March, which was denied by the Governor of Van.
Political career
In the parliamentary elections of May 2023, she was elected to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, representing Sanliurfa for the YSP.