Demet Demir
- January 10, 2024
- Politician
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Demet Demir |
| Occupation | politician |
| Date Of Birth | Mar 12, 1961(1961-03-12) |
| Age | 63 |
| Country | Turkey |
| Horoscope | Pisces |
Demet Demir Biography
| Name | Demet Demir |
| Birthday | Mar 12 |
| Birth Year | 1961 |
| Birth Country | Turkey |
| Birth Sign | Pisces |
Demet Demir is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on March 12, 1961 in Turkey.
Demet Demir (born March 12, 1961) is a Turkish LGBT activist. She was awarded the Felipa de Souza Award in 1997 for her activism.
In 1979, she became involved with Turkey’s leftist movement and was arrested on 1 May, 1980 during a demonstration for Labour Day. All throughout, she used to hide her trans-sexuality to gain acceptance within the political movement. Post her arrest, she was allegedly tortured by police, before being sent to hospitals dealing with sexual diseases in a bid to cure her of homosexuality. After the 1980 coup in Turkey, Demir was sentenced to 15 months in prison for her political work, beginning 1982, but was released after 8 months. During her imprisonment, fellow prisoners came to know of her non-hetero-normative identity and she was subject to isolation.
Demet Demir Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Politician |
| House | Living in own house. |
Demet Demir is one of the richest politician from Turkey. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Demet Demir 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Demir was born in Yalova on March 12, 1961. After her parents divorced, she and her sister moved to Istanbul when Demir was five. Demir was assigned male at birth, but discovered her queer identity around the age of 17, on reading about Bülent Ersoy. Her subsequent meetings with similar men over Taksim Gezi Park and nearby nightclubs, that were flocked with queer people, reinforced her preferences.
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Demir was again physically abused and arrested on 12 July 1997 when she tried to stop police from beating a girl who was selling handkerchiefs, made by transgenders to earn a livelihood, outside of prostitution. She was coming out of a workshop, organized to promote employment skills of the transvestite and transsexual community. Demir noted it to be the culmination of the varied forms of hasslings, she was subject to, for her activism and subsequently, sued the Beyoğlu District Police Bureau. The case was repeatedly postponed before the court ruled in her favor in 2003 and awarded a 21 year sentence to Ulusoy, which was immediately vacated by the government under an amnesty provision.
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Mario Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Turkey. Demet Demir celebrates birthday on March 12 of every year.
In 1999, Demir became a candidate at the Beyoğlu City Council elections for the Freedom and Solidarity Party (ÖDP), thus becoming the first transgender candidate to run in any general election in Turkey. She was unsuccessful. In 2007, she unsuccessfully ran for the position of deputy in Isparta. In 2008, Demir and other transgender activists created LGBTT Istanbul.