Hüda Kaya

Hüda Kaya MP
Member of the Grand National Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 June 2015
Constituency	Istanbul (I)
Incumbent
Assumed office 2019
Constituency	Istanbul (II)
Personal details
Born	9 October 1960 Istanbul, Turkey
Political party	People's Democratic Party (HDP)

Hüda Kaya (born 9 October 1960 in Istanbul) is a Turkish journalist, writer, activist and politician of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP). Since June 2015 she has been member of the Turkish parliament, representing her Istanbul constituency.

Following her parents' divorce, Kaya was raised by her Turkish nationalist father and her stepmother, while she didn't meet her biologic mother until age 45. 18 years old, she professed Islam and subsequently married her husband of Iraqi background, giving birth to five children, three daughters and two sons. Following their divorce, she moved from Istanbul to Malatya, where she owned a small shop, and worked as a journalist for local radio and newspapers.

At the core of her political activism, Kaya fought against the Headscarf ban which she considered against the free will of a woman.

Following her work for pro-Kurdish newspaper Özgür Gündem she joined the the left-leaning Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and was elected member of the Turkish parliament, representing her Istanbul constituency in the June 2015 general election. She was confirmed in the November 2015 snap-election and the 2018 general election.