Mehmet Ali Eren

Mehmet Ali Eren (born 1951, Ovacik, Turkey) is a former politician of the Social Democratic Populist Party (SHP) and after his dismissal from it of the People's Labor Party (HEP). For both he was a member of the Turkish Parliament He graduated from the faculty of law from the Istanbul University following which he became a lawyer.

Political career In the parliamentary elections of 1987, he was elected into the Turkish parliament for the SHP representing Istanbul. they were all expelled from the party in November the same year. Following Eren joined the People's Labor Party (HEP). He was of the view that if the problem persists, it would be an obstacle for democracy in Turkey. In 1991 he was a guest at the Town Hall in Berlin on invitation by the Green Party where there he warned from delivering aid through Turkey as the Kurds didn't receive much aid when they fled to Turkey during the Anfal campaign in 1988. He supported the establishment of a Kurdish state and reasoned an autonomy like the Iraqi Kurdish leaders Masoud Barzani and Jalal Talabani demanded was not enough for the Kurds.

Personal life He is married and has 2 children.