Murat Karayalçın (born 26 October 1943)[2][3][4] is a prominent Turkish politician. He is a former foreign minister (1994–1995), deputy prime minister, and a former mayor of Ankara (1989–1993). He is the founder (in 2002) of the new SHP.
Murat Karayalçın | |
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 12 December 1994[1] – 27 March 1995[1] | |
| Prime Minister | Tansu Çiller |
| Preceded by | Mümtaz Soysal |
| Succeeded by | Erdal Inönü |
| Deputy Prime Minister | |
| In office 19 September 1993[1] – 27 March 1995 | |
| Prime Minister | Tansu Çiller |
| Preceded by | Erdal İnönü |
| Succeeded by | Hikmet Çetin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 October 1943 İlkadım, Samsun, Turkey |
| Political party | SHP (1985) CHP SHP (2002) |
| Alma mater | Ankara University University of East Anglia |
| Profession | politician |
Of Hamsheni origin,[5] Karayalçın was educated at Ankara University Faculty of Political Sciences and at the University of East Anglia where he graduated with a master's degree in Development Economics in 1977. He was elected leader of the SHP on 11 September 1993, succeeding Erdal İnönü and served as the deputy prime minister briefly in the 50th government of Turkey.[1] The party merged with the CHP in 1995.
He was nominated by the CHP as candidate for mayor of Ankara in the 2009 local elections, in which he gained 31.50% of all votes.
In 2002 he founded the new SHP.
References
edit- ^ a b c d Biyografi.info - Biography of Murat Karayalçın (in Turkish)
- ^ "ODTÜ'de bozkurt rozeti taşırdım". 29 December 2003.
- ^ "Çamlıhemşin Çinçivalı Murat Karayalçın'ın Anıları".
- ^ "CHP İstanbul İl Başkanı olarak göreve başlayan Murat Karayalçın, Habertürk'e konuştu". 28 December 2014.
- ^ Karslıoğlu (2009), p. 235.
Sources
edit- Karslıoğlu, Yusuf (2009). Doğu Karadeniz tarihi: otokton halkları ve etnik yapısı (in Turkish). Universal Yayınları. ISBN 978-975-01165-1-3.
External links
edit- Biyografi.info - Biography of Murat Karayalçın (in Turkish)
- Biyografi.net - Biography of Murat Karayalçın (in Turkish)
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