Ibrahim Istanğlu
Ibrahim Istanğlu | |
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| File:Official State Portrait of Ibrahim Istanglu.png Official State Portrait of Ibrahim Istanğlu, 2011 | |
| 1st Chairman of Tungristan | |
| In office 25 April 1999 – 6 September 2022 | |
| Vice Chairman | Osman Tatlises Ahmet Aliyev |
| Preceded by | "Office established" Ahmet Sulemani (as President of the Republic of Tungristan) |
| Succeeded by | Ahmet Aliyev Ali Tatglu (Acting) |
| Secretary of the Socialist Party of Tungristan | |
| In office 21 July 1998 – 6 September 2022 | |
| Chancellor | Osman Tatlises |
| Succeeded by | Ahmet Aliyev |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 November 1959 Pertek,  Turkey |
| Died | 8 September 2022 (aged 62) Antalya, Turkey |
| Resting place | 9 September 2022 Harikaşehir Mosque, Harikaşehir,  Tungristan13 September 2022 Cremated |
| Spouse | Maryam Khaliq |
| Children | Mehmed Istanğlu |
| Residence | Tungristan |
Ibrahim Istanğlu (1 November 1959 – 8 September 2022), was a Turkish-Kurdish folk singer and is the first and current Chairman of Tungristan since 1999 until 2022, when Ibrahim resigned as Chairman after 23 years in office.
Life
Early years
Nothing was known about his early life except that he was born in 1 November 1959 in Pertek.
Before Tungristan (1981 - 1997)
In 1981, he started singing and released nearly 39 albums in 1984, the most popular one being Aşkım Ah Aşkım. During the time he married Maryam Khaliq in 1988 and gave birth to Mehmed Istanğlu in 1989. In 1997, he retired as a folk singer and joined the Anti-Royalist Guardians of the Tunceli Land (GTL) as the leader in 1997.
Tungristan (1997 - 2022)
After he joined the GTL, he lead the Tunceli Revolution and formed the Provisional Unity of Tungristan in 1998. In 1999, a vote was made if the people wanted to keep the House of Abdulaziz into power or form the Peoples Republic of Tungristan. About 99.1% voted for a Peoples Republic but the rest voted for the House of Abdulaziz. Ibrahim was appointed by the Provisional Council of Tungristan to be the country's Chairman and made reforms during his term making him the second greatest leader of Tungristan after Sultan Abdulaziz. In 2022, he resigned after his health was heavily declining and former GTL Colonel Ali Tatglu took his place but he is in a caretaker position. The Assembly of the Nation voted Ahmet Aliyev as Chairman.
Death
In 8 September 2022, Tatglu announced Ibrahim's death on 2:32 UTC+3 in his new house in Antalya due to Ischemic heart disease (CAD), he died the same day as Queen Elizabeth II of the UK. His funeral took place on the 9th September 2022 in the Harikaşehir Mosque, where he was buried. After the Tunceli Insurgency was won by the Sultanin Leşkeran (SL), his body was moved from the Mosque to be cremated and his ashes sent to his son on 13 September.