Sevda Karaca Demir

Sevda Karaca Demir (born, 1984, Adana, Turkey) is a journalist and politician of the Hoxhaist Labour Party (EMEP). Since June 2023 she is a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey representing Gaziantep. Before she was a journalist for the newspaper Evrensel.

Early life and education Sevda Karaca was born in 1984 in Adana, as the daughter of a textile workers family. She studied political sciences at the Middle Eastern Technical University (ODTÜ) and was tempted by journalism.

Professional career In 2007, Sevda Karaca began as a journalist for Evrensel and was also involved in founding Hayat TV. For Hayat TV, Karaca was a reporter from Ankara. In 2018 she received the Metin Göktepe journalism award. in 2021, she was a member of the jury for the Metin Göktepe award.

Political career In the parliamentary elections of May 2023, she was elected into the Grand National Assembly of Turkey representing the Green Left Party (YSP) for Gaziantep.

Political positions As a politician from Gaziantep, she defends workers rights. In July 2023 she raised awareness about the situations of two workers from a factory owned by İrfan Çeliksan, an MP for the Justice and Development Party (AKP).