Dengir Mir Mehmet Fırat

Dengir Mir Mehmet Fırat (8 August 1943 – 11 July 2019) was a Kurdish politician. He was one of the founders of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in 2001. He was a Member of Parliament for the Grand National Assembly from 1999 to 2011 and again from 2015 until his death. He was a member of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP).

Fırat was born in the district of Kahta in Adyaman.[1] He died on 11 July 2019 from lung cancer in Istanbul at the age of 76.[2][3][4]

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  1. sitesi, milliyet.com.tr Türkiye'nin lider haber. "Dengir Mir Mehmet Fırat kimdir?".
  2. Former Turkish deputy Dengir Mir Mehmet Fırat dies aged 76
  3. "Politician Dengir Mir Mehmet Fırat Loses His Life". bianet.org. Retrieved 2025-06-23.
  4. "Eski milletvekili Dengir Mir Mehmet Fırat vefat etti". euronews (in Turkish). 2019-07-12. Retrieved 2025-06-23.

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