Fatih Mehmet Maçoğlu

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Fatih Mehmet Maçoğlu
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Mayor of Tunceli
Assumed office
5 April 2019
Preceded byTuncay Sonel
Mayor of Ovacık
In office
2 April 2014 – 3 April 2019
Preceded byMustafa Sarıgül
Succeeded byMustafa Sarıgül
Personal details
Born (1968-12-20) December 20, 1968 (age 53)
Çemberlitaş, Ovacık, Tunceli, Turkey
Political partyCommunist Party of Turkey

Fatih Mehmet Maçoğlu (Also known as 'The Communist Mayor'[1]) (born 20 December 1968, Çemberlitaş, Ovacik[2]) is a communist Turkish politician of Zaza-Kurdish descent[3] and founder of Socialist Councils Federation (SMF). He is currently the mayor of Tunceli with Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) ticket.

Early life and education[]

He was born in the village Çemberlitaş in Tunceli province in December 1968 and attended primary school in Ovacik and health high school in Bingöl.[2]

Professional career[]

From 1989 onwards he worked in healthcare. First in Bozkir in Konya and between 1992 and 2007 in Pertek, Tunceli.[2] From 2007 onwards he worked in emergency care in the Tunceli state hospital. He resigned from his work in hospital in order to stand as a mayoral candidate for Ovacik in the local elections of 2014.[2]

Political career[]

He was elected mayor of Ovacık in 2014,[4] where he was known for implementing initiatives like free public transport and agricultural projects such as bee keeping and cultivating chickpeas[5] with which gains university students were supported.[6] He also encouraged the opening of several libraries in Ovacık.[7] In the local elections in 2019, he was elected mayor of Tunceli, the province's capital.[8]

Personal life[]

He is married and has two children.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "Tunceli'de 'Komünist Başkan' da iddialı, sonucu kararsız seçmen belirleyecek". BBC News Türkçe (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-12-15.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Fatih Mehmet Maçoğlu kimdir? İşte komünist başkanın merak edilenleri…". www.sozcu.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  3. ^ "The Communist Mayor of Dersim". Retrieved 2021-05-07.
  4. ^ "Seçim 2014 Tunceli Ovacık Yerel Seçim Sonuçları". www.haberturk.com. Retrieved 2019-12-14.
  5. ^ Nawa, Fariba (2018-04-21). "The Unlikely New Hero of Turkey's Opposition". ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2019-12-14.
  6. ^ "Turkey's 'Communist mayor' tears down walls with fresh approach". France 24. 2019-05-02. Retrieved 2019-12-14.
  7. ^ Malzahn, Philip. "TKP gewinnt in Dersim (neues deutschland)". www.neues-deutschland.de (in German). Retrieved 2019-12-15.
  8. ^ "Tunceli Seçim Sonuçları: 31 Mart 2019 Tunceli Yerel Seçim Sonuçları". Sözcü (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-12-14.
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