What is Dengir Mir Mehmet Fırat?
[[File:Dengir Mir Mehmet Fırat 2015-March (cropped).jpg|right|200px]] '''Dengir Mir Mehmet Fırat''' (8 August 1943 &ndash; 11 July 2019) was a [[Kurdish people|Kurdish]] politician. He was one of the founders of the [[Justice and Development Party (Turkey)|Justice and Development Party]] (AKP) in 2001. He was a [[Member of Parliament#Turkey|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 (Turkey)|Peoples' Democratic Party]] (HDP). Fırat was born in the district of [[Kahta]] in [[Adıyaman Province|Adyaman]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.milliyet.com.tr/dengir-mir-mehmet-firat-kimdir--gundem-2078505/|title=Dengir Mir Mehmet Fırat kimdir?|first=milliyet.com.tr Türkiye'nin lider haber|last=sitesi|publisher=}}</ref> He died on 11 July 2019 from [[lung cancer]] in [[Istanbul]] at the age of 76.<ref>[https://www.dailysabah.com/politics/2019/07/12/former-turkish-deputy-dengir-mir-mehmet-firat-dies-aged-76 Former Turkish deputy Dengir Mir Mehmet Fırat dies aged 76]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.radikal.com.tr/index/dengir-mir-mehmet-firat/ Collection of all relevant news items at Radikal.com] *[http://www.haberler.com/dengir-mir-mehmet-firat/ Collection of all relevant news items at Haberler.com] *[http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/index/dengir-mir-mehmet-firat Collection of all relevant news items at Hürriyet] {{DEFAULTSORT:Firat, Dengir Mir Mehmet}} [[Category:1943 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from lung cancer]] [[Category:Turkish politicians]] {{bio-stub}}