Aichan Kara Giousouf ( el, Αϊχάν Καρά Γιουσούφ, tr, Ayhan Kara Yusuf, born on 12 August 1963 in Yahyabeyli/Amaranta,

Komotini Komotini ( el, Κομοτηνή, tr, Gümülcine, bg, Комотини) is a city in the region of East Macedonia and Thrace, northeastern Greece. It is the capital of the Rhodope. It was the administrative centre of the Rhodope-Evros super-pr ...

, Greece) is a

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politician from the West Thracian Turkish minority. Born in a peasants family, he graduated in 1988 at the faculty of dentistry of the

University of Istanbul , image = Istanbul_University_logo.svg , image_size = 200px , latin_name = Universitas Istanbulensis , motto = tr, Tarihten Geleceğe Bilim Köprüsü , mottoeng = Science Bridge from Past to the Future , established = 1453 1846 1933 ...

, then worked for two years in Germany before coming back in Greece for the military service. In 1995, he served as secretary general of the Western Thrace Minority University Graduates Association, and between 1996 and 1999 as member of the board of the Dentists Association of Rhodope.Ayhan Karayusuf: "Sorgulayan, yargılayan ve cezalandıran bir toplum olmamız lazım, teslimiyetçi olmamamız gerekir."
, ''Birlik Gazetesi'', 20 March 2012 He became a member of

Coalition of the Radical Left The Coalition of the Radical Left – Progressive Alliance ( el, Συνασπισμός Ριζοσπαστικής Αριστεράς – Προοδευτική Συμμαχία, Synaspismós Rizospastikís Aristerás – Proodeftikí Simachía), ...

(SYRIZA) in 1994, and entered the

Maroneia-Sapes Maroneia-Sapes ( el, Μαρώνεια-Σάπες) is a municipality in the Rhodope regional unit, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Sapes. The municipality has an area of 641.751 km2. Municipality The mu ...

municipal council. He was elected to the

Greek Parliament The Hellenic Parliament ( el, Ελληνικό Κοινοβούλιο, Elliniko Kinovoulio; formally titled el, Βουλή των Ελλήνων, Voulí ton Ellínon, Boule of the Hellenes, label=none), also known as the Parliament of the Hel ...

for SYRIZA in the

May 2012 Greek legislative election Legislative elections were held in Greece on Sunday, 6 May 2012 to elect all 300 members to the Hellenic Parliament. It was regular scheduled to be held in late 2013, four years after the previous election; however, an early election was stipula ...

. He is atheist and in 2015 took the civilian oath as new member of the Greek Parliament."Ορκίστηκε η νέα Βουλή", 05 February 2015.
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1963 births Greek people of Turkish descent Living people Istanbul University alumni Greek MPs 2012 (May) Coalition of Left, of Movements and Ecology politicians Greek MPs 2012–2014 Greek MPs 2015 (February–August) Syriza politicians Greek MPs 2015–2019 Greek dentists People from Maroneia {{Greece-politician-stub