Ünal Erkan (born 1942 in

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) is a

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politician. He was at one time a member of the party's Central Executive Board, resigning in 2007. He was governor of the

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state-of-emergency region from 1992 to 1995, and had previously been head of police in Ankara and Istanbul and Chief of the General Directorate of Security (July 1991 to February 1992). He was briefly a cabinet minister in 1996 under

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for the

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(DYP). Hurriyet Daily News, 27 May 1996
Yilmaz vows to continue as long as he can
/ref> Erkan featured in Mehmet Eymür's controversial ''1987

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Report'' that wrote about high-ranking civil servants and politicians such as

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, Erkan and

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, alleging connections with the

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1942 births People from Erzurum Living people Nationalist Movement Party politicians Democrat Party (Turkey, current) politicians Deputies of Ankara Turkish police chiefs Government ministers of Turkey Turkish civil servants Members of the 20th Parliament of Turkey {{Turkey-politician-stub