Gürsel Tekin
Gürsel Tekin MP | |
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General Secretary of the Republican People's Party | |
In office 8 May 2014 – 24 January 2015 | |
Leader | Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu |
Preceded by | |
Succeeded by | Kamil Okyay Sındır |
Deputy leader of the Republican People's Party responsible for communications | |
In office 4 August 2010 – 14 September 2014 | |
Leader | Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu |
Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
Assumed office 12 June 2011 | |
Constituency | İstanbul (I) (2011, June 2015, Nov 2015) |
Personal details | |
Born | Ardahan, Turkey | 6 January 1964
Political party | Republican People's Party |
Gürsel Tekin (born 6 January 1964 in Ardahan, Turkey) is a Turkish politician and vice-president of Republican People's Party (Turkish: Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi, abbreviated CHP).
Biography[]
Gürsel Tekin was born in Ardahan, Turkey. Tekin received his high school diploma from Kars Alparslan Lisesi (Kars Alparslan High School). Then he studied Turkish Literature Faculty at Atatürk Üniversitesi but he did not continue to school because of economic problems. Then he came to Istanbul for his military service.
Political career[]
First he was the member of SODEP (Social Democracy Party) (Turkish: Sosyal Demokrasi Partisi). Then SODEP fused with HP to become SHP. In 1995 SHP and CHP came together. In 1999 Tekin became vice-mayor of Kadıköy and also in 1999 and 2004 he entered in Istanbul Municipality Council. Then in 2007 he became the provincial CHP chairman of Istanbul Province. Gürsel Tekin also worked with Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on local elections in 2009. On 4 August 2010 he was chosen vice-president for the party.
References[]
- Meclis üyesi Gürsel Tekin, İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi
- Gürsel Tekin, CHP İstanbul İl Başkanlığı
- CHP İstanbul İl Başkanı Gürsel Tekin oldu, NetHaber
- Gürsel Tekin biyografisi, OKimdir.com
External links[]
Media related to Gürsel Tekin at Wikimedia Commons
- Contemporary Republican People's Party (Turkey) politicians
- 1964 births
- Living people
- Social Democracy Party (Turkey) politicians
- 20th-century Turkish politicians
- Social Democratic Populist Party (Turkey) politicians
- People from Ardahan
- Members of the 25th Parliament of Turkey
- Members of the 24th Parliament of Turkey
- Members of the 26th Parliament of Turkey
- Turkish politician stubs