Gürsel Tekin
General Secretary of the Republican People's Party
In office
8 May 2014 – 24 January 2015
LeaderKemal Kılıçdaroğlu
Preceded byBihlun Tamaylıgil
Succeeded byKamil Okyay Sındır
Deputy leader of the Republican People's Party
responsible for communications
In office
4 August 2010 – 14 September 2014
LeaderKemal Kılıçdaroğlu
Member of the Grand National Assembly
In office
12 June 2011 – 3 June 2023
Constituencyİstanbul (I) (2011, June 2015, Nov 2015, 2018)
Personal details
Born (1964-01-06) 6 January 1964
Karlıyazı, Göle, Ardahan, Turkey
Political partyRepublican People's Party

Gürsel Tekin (born 6 January 1964 in Ardahan, Turkey) is a Turkish politician of Kurdish descent[1] and vice-president of Republican People's Party (CHP).

Biography

Gürsel Tekin was born in the Karlıyazı (Kırziyan) village of the Göle District of Ardahan Province, Turkey.[1] Tekin received his high school diploma from Kars Alparslan Lisesi (Kars Alparslan High School). Then he studied Turkish Literature Faculty at Atatürk University 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. His suggestion, that the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) could be given a ministry if the CHP wins the elections in 2023, drew ire from the politicians of the Good Party (iYi), while Kılıçdaroğlu also denied this possibility.[2] The HDP spokesperson Ebru Günay refuted the possibility of joining the opposition bloc called Table of Six.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Arşivlenmiş kopya". Archived from the original on 19 February 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  2. 1 2 "HDP to İYİ Party chair Akşener: 'Only thing you promise to country is darkness of 1990s'". Gazete Duvar. 9 August 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2023.

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