Mühip Kanko (b. 1965, Hozat, Turkey) is a Turkish physician and politician.[1] He was a Republican People's Party Kocaeli deputy in the 28th term of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey.

Mühip Kanko
Grand National Assembly of Turkey 28th Term Kocaeli Deputy
Assumed office
2023
Personal details
Born1965
Political partyRepublican People's Party
OccupationPhysician, politician

Life

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He was born in 1965 in Hozat district of Tunceli. He is the grandson of Kankozade Hasan Hayri Bey, who was a Dersim deputy in the first term of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey.[2] He graduated from Çukurova University Faculty of Medicine. He completed his specialization in Cardiovascular Surgery at Bursa Uludağ University. Since 1999, he has worked at Kocaeli University Faculty of Medicine, Cardiovascular Surgery Department.[3] He received the title of professor in 2014.

In the 2015 general elections, he was a candidate for parliamentary nomination for the Republican People's Party, but did not make the candidate list. In 2016, he served as a member of CHP Kocaeli Provincial Executive Board.

In the 2018 general elections, he ran for Kocaeli 4th place parliamentary candidate; he was not elected to parliament.[4]

In the 2023 general elections, he was nominated for Kocaeli 1st place and entered the 28th term of the Turkish Grand National Assembly as CHP Kocaeli deputy.[5] He served in the Health, Family, Labor and Social Affairs Commission.

References

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  1. ^ "28. DÖNEM KOCAELİ MİLLETVEKİLİ. Mühip KANKO". www.tbmm.gov.tr. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
  2. ^ ODATV (2023-05-20). "Dersim Mebusu Kankozade Hasan Hayri Bey'in torunu: 100 yıl sonra mecliste". odatv4.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-11-03.
  3. ^ "Prof.Dr. MÜHİP KANKO | AVESİS". avesis.kocaeli.edu.tr. Archived from the original on 2023-06-28.
  4. ^ "Kanko 2.kez aday adayı oldu". Bizim Yaka Kocaeli Gazetesi (in Turkish). 9 May 2018. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
  5. ^ "CHP Kocaeli Milletvekili adayı Muhip Kanko kimdir? Muhip Kanko kaç yaşında, nereli?". www.cumhuriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). 2023-10-04. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
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