Q:Facts:   - imagesize: 220px    - successor: haydar kaya    - party: peoples ' democratic congress -lrb- hdk -rrb-    - predecessor: '' position established ''    - office: member labour party of the grand national assembly leader of the    - otherparty: peoples ' democratic congress -lrb- hdk -rrb-      - term end: 12 june 2011    - constituency: İstanbul -rrb- -lrb- iii -rrb- -lrb- 2011 , june 2015    - term start: 12 june 2011 25 november 1996    - birth date: 7 december 1961    - name: abdullah levent tüzel    - image: abdullah levent tüzel -lrb- cropped -rrb- . jpg    - birth place: bulancak , turkey    - alma mater: İstanbul university   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of abdullah levent tüzel .
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abdullah levent tüzel -lrb- born 12 july 1961 -rrb- is a turkish politician who was one of the founders of the labour party -lrb- emep -rrb- in 1996 .he is currently a member of parliament for İstanbul 's third electoral district , having been elected as an independent in the 2011 general election with the backing of the labour , democracy and freedom bloc .he currently sits with the parliamentary group of the peoples ' democratic party -lrb- hdp -rrb- .tüzel graduated from istanbul university law school and has been a freelance lawyer since 1985 .founding the labour party in 1996 , he managed resigned before the 2011 general election in order to contest the election as an independent from İstanbul .despite recent disagreements between emep and the hdp regarding the influence of kurdish nationalism within the party , tüzel joined the hdp and remains a hdp member of parliament .