14 Facts About Feleknas Uca

Feleknas Uca was born on 17 September 1976 and is a German politician of Kurdish Yazidi descent.

Feleknas Uca was at one time the world's only Yazidi parliamentarian until the Iraqi legislature was elected in 2005.

Feleknas Uca was born in Celle, Lower Saxony, West Germany to an immigrant Yazidi family originally from southeastern Turkey.

Feleknas Uca graduated from Comprehensive School in Celle before taking an apprenticeship as a doctor's assistant, and completed her Abitur by distance learning.

Until July 2014, Feleknas Uca lived in Celle until she relocated to Diyarbakir in Turkey.

Feleknas Uca maintained close links with pro-Kurdish groups in Turkey.

Feleknas Uca was a member of the EU-Turkey joint parliamentary committee.

On 7 April 2015, Feleknas Uca was nominated by the HDP to their electoral list for the upcoming parliamentary election as one of a number of Yazidis running for office.

Feleknas Uca was re-elected in the Parliamentary Elections on 24 June 2018.

Feleknas Uca was a member of the MP delegation in march to Cizre during the Curfew of Cizre in 2015.

Feleknas Uca is a supporter of the use of the Kurdish language, and opposes the prohibition of theater plays, events in the Kurdish language and the detention of people who teach in Kurdish language.

Feleknas Uca is a member of the EU-Turkey partner delegation for Turkey and the co-spokesperson for foreign relations of the HDP.

Feleknas Uca is grateful to the Kurdistan Workers' Party for their defense of the Yazidi against the Islamic State in Iraq.

Feleknas Uca is prepared to be detained in any moment and keeps a packed suitcase ready with her belongings in the case of an arrest.