Fraction of Turkic regions () is a cross-factional parliamentary group in the Iranian Parliament, established in 30 October 2016 by Iranian Turkic representatives. Iranian Turks’ new parliamentary faction breaking more taboos On 26 August 2016, 42 Turkic members of the Iranian parliament wrote a letter to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, requesting that the Turkic Language and Literature course be added to the curriculum of primary and secondary schools. When the request was not met positively, this group of 42 people called other Turkic deputies to come together and established the Fraction of Turkic regions, consisting of 100 deputies. This fraction formally claims to have 100 parliamentary members, however privately its members have admitted to have only 60 of overall 290 parliament members within their faction. Turkic speakers join forces in Iran's parliament (archived 2017) Reformist Masoud Pezeshkian has been selected as leader of fraction and hard-liner Nader Ghazipour and Reza Karimi as 1st and 2d deputy respectively. Zahra Saei, a female MP from Tabriz, was also elected as the group spokesperson. انتخاب مسعود پزشکیان به عنوان رئیس فراکسیون «مناطق ترکنشین» مجلس تشکیل فراکسیون مناطق ترکنشین در مجلس/ پزشکیان رییس شد
It was announced that the group had a central committee of 25 deputies. After the faction was announced, Persian deputies in the Iranian parliament reacted to the group and described the group's ethnic name as separatism. The group's ethnic structure caused intense backlash in the Iranian media. As a result of the backlash, the group announced that it was dissolving itself on 10 August 2017.
Members
NoName & FamilyDuty in fractionElectorate1Masoud PezeshkianChairmanTabriz, Osku and Azarshahr2Nader Gazipour 1st Vice Chairman Urmia3Reza Karimi2nd Vice Chairman Ardabil, Nir, Namin and Sareyn4Mohammad Hassannejad1st SecretaryMarand and Jolfa5Shahabadin Bimegdar2nd SecretaryTabriz, Osku and Azarshahr6Zahra Saei SpokesmanTabriz, Osku and Azarshahr7Ahmad Alirezabeigi Member of Central CouncilTabriz, Osku and Azarshahr8Ali Akbari Member of Central CouncilShiraz9Yaqub Shivyari Member of Central CouncilMianeh10Elias Hazrati Member of Central CouncilTehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr11Masoumeh Aghapour Member of Central CouncilShabestar12Fereydun Ahmadi Member of Central CouncilZanjan and Tarom13Mahmoud Bahmani Member of Central CouncilSavojbolagh, Taleqan and Nazarabad14Eynollah Sharifpour Member of Central CouncilMaku, Chaldoran, Poldasht and Showt15Mohammad Vahdati Member of Central CouncilBostanabad16Homayun Hashemi Member of Central CouncilMiandoab, Shahin Dezh and Takab17Behruz Nemati Member of Central CouncilTehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr18Fardin Farmand Member of Central CouncilMianeh19Hemayat Mirzadeh Member of Central CouncilGermi20Shahruz Barzegar Member of Central CouncilSalmas21Hadi Bahadori Member of Central CouncilUrmia22Ahmad Amirabadi Member of Central CouncilQom23Ali Waqfchi Member of Central CouncilZanjan and Tarom24Mohammad Hossein Farhangi Member of Central CouncilTabriz, Osku and Azarshahr25Mohammad Feyzi Member of Central CouncilArdabil, Nir, Namin and Sareyn26Rohollah Hazratpour Member of Central CouncilUrmia27Younaten BetkoliaMember of Central CouncilMinority of Assyrian28Mohammad Reza BadamchiMember Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
See also Hope fraction Iranian Azerbaijanis Ethnicities in Iran
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External links از «حیدربابا» تا فراکسیون ترکزبانها at Radio Farda