Kürşat Mican (born 1 March 1982) is a Turkish politician and author. He has been a member of the Great Unity Party since 2000.

Kürşat Mican
Born (1982-03-01) March 1, 1982 (age 42)
Eynesil, Giresun, Turkey
Occupation(s)Politician, author
Years active2000–present

Biography

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Mican was born on 1 March 1982 in Eynesil, Giresun, Turkey.[1] He moved to Istanbul with his family at a young age.[1] Mican studied in Istanbul and became the manager at Mican Group, the family's company.[1] Since 2000 he is a member of the Great Unity Party.[1] In 2018 he established the Yesevi Alperenler Association (Yesevi Alperenler Derneğini kurdu), an educational institution.[1] He participated as a helper in many war zones, especially Syria and Iraq, where he helped for 8 years.[1]

Mican is the founding president of Alpkurt (Alperen Arama Kurtarma).[1] He is Istanbul's Provincial President of Alperen Hearths.[2][3]

In 2017 he was tried with a prison sentence of up to 6 years for "inciting people to hatred and hostility or humiliating" and fined 4 thousand liras for threats he pronounced against the participants of the LGBT Pride Week.[2]

In the night of 8 March 2018, the car on which he and his brother were riding was subject to a gun attack in Sultanbeyli. About ten bullets hit the car but Mican and his brother escaped unharmed.[4] In 2023 he protested the burning of the Quran in Sweden, calling for a boycott of "all products of other European states, especially Sweden".[5][6]

In 2020 he published the book Şehit Lider Muhsin Başkan ve Davası, which is about the late BBP leader Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu.[7]

Major works

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  • Şehit Lider Muhsin Başkan ve Davası, 368 pp., Bilgeoğuz

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Kürşat Mican kimdir? BBP Genel Başkan adayı Kürşat Mican". www.yeniakit.com. Yeni Akit. Archived from the original on 31 May 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  2. ^ a b Tarihi, Güncelleme. "Alperen Ocakları Başkanı'nın LGBTİ'yi tehdit davasında karar çıktı". www.hurriyet.com. Hürriyet. Archived from the original on 31 May 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  3. ^ "LGBTİ+'ları tehdit eden Kürşat Mican davası 14 Aralık'a ertelendi". www.sendika.org. Sendika.org. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  4. ^ Tarihi, Güncelleme. "Son dakika... Alperen Ocakları İstanbul İl Başkanına silahlı saldırı". Hürriyet. Archived from the original on 31 May 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  5. ^ "İsveç Konsolosluğu önünde Kur'an-ı Kerim'in yakılması protesto edildi". www.hurriyet.com. Hürriyet. Archived from the original on 31 May 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Alperen Ocakları İstanbul İl Başkanı Kürşat Mican'dan silahlı saldırı sonrası ilk açıklama". www.cumhuriyet.com. Cumhuriyet. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Yesevî Alperenler Derneği Başkanı Kürşat Mican: 12 Eylül'de en ağır işkenceyi Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu gördü". www.yeniakit.com. Yeni Akit. Retrieved 31 May 2023.