Behçet Yıldırım
Turkish statesperson (born 1959)

Behçet Yıldırım (born 10 May 1959) is a Turkish politician from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), who has served as a Member of Parliament for Adıyaman.
Born in Adıyaman, he graduated from Çukurova University Faculty of Medicine and worked at an Adıyaman hospital for maternity and children. He was a member of the Human Rights Foundation and served as the Democratic Society Congress delegate for Adıyaman. He was elected as a Member of Parliament in the June 2015 general election, and re-elected in November 2015 general election.
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