Fraction of Turkic regions


Fraction of Turkic regions is a cross-factional parliamentary group in the Iranian Parliament, established in 30 October 2016 by Iranian Turkic representatives. On 26 August 2016, 42 Turkic members of the Iranian parliament wrote a letter to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, requesting that the Turkic Language and Literature course be added to the curriculum of primary and secondary schools. When the request was not met positively, this group of 42 people called other Turkic deputies to come together and established the Fraction of Turkic regions, consisting of 100 deputies. This fraction formally claims to have 100 parliamentary members, however privately its members have admitted to have only 60 of overall 290 parliament members within their faction. Reformist Masoud Pezeshkian has been selected as leader of fraction and hard-liner Nader Ghazipour and Reza Karimi as 1st and 2d deputy respectively. Zahra Saei, a female MP from Tabriz, was also elected as the group spokesperson.
It was announced that the group had a central committee of 25 deputies. After the faction was announced, Persian deputies in the Iranian parliament reacted to the group and described the group's ethnic name as separatism. The group's ethnic structure caused intense backlash in the Iranian media. As a result of the backlash, the group announced that it was dissolving itself on 10 August 2017.

Members

NoName & FamilyDuty in fractionElectorate
1Masoud PezeshkianChairmanTabriz, Osku and Azarshahr
2Nader Gazipour1st Vice ChairmanUrmia
3Reza Karimi2nd Vice ChairmanArdabil, Nir, Namin and Sareyn
4Mohammad Hassannejad1st SecretaryMarand and Jolfa
5Shahabadin Bimegdar2nd SecretaryTabriz, Osku and Azarshahr
6Zahra SaeiSpokesmanTabriz, Osku and Azarshahr
7Ahmad AlirezabeigiMember of Central CouncilTabriz, Osku and Azarshahr
8Ali AkbariMember of Central CouncilShiraz
9Yaqub ShivyariMember of Central CouncilMianeh
10Elias HazratiMember of Central CouncilTehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
11Masoumeh AghapourMember of Central CouncilShabestar
12Fereydun AhmadiMember of Central CouncilZanjan and Tarom
13Mahmoud BahmaniMember of Central CouncilSavojbolagh, Taleqan and Nazarabad
14Eynollah SharifpourMember of Central CouncilMaku, Chaldoran, Poldasht and Showt
15Mohammad VahdatiMember of Central CouncilBostanabad
16Homayun HashemiMember of Central CouncilMiandoab, Shahin Dezh and Takab
17Behruz NematiMember of Central CouncilTehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
18Fardin FarmandMember of Central CouncilMianeh
19Hemayat MirzadehMember of Central CouncilGermi
20Shahruz BarzegarMember of Central CouncilSalmas
21Hadi BahadoriMember of Central CouncilUrmia
22Ahmad AmirabadiMember of Central CouncilQom
23Ali WaqfchiMember of Central CouncilZanjan and Tarom
24Mohammad Hossein FarhangiMember of Central CouncilTabriz, Osku and Azarshahr
25Mohammad FeyziMember of Central CouncilArdabil, Nir, Namin and Sareyn
26Rohollah HazratpourMember of Central CouncilUrmia
27Younaten BetkoliaMember of Central CouncilMinority of Assyrian
28Mohammad Reza BadamchiMemberTehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr