Celal Adan (born 10 September 1951 in
Ağrı
AÄŸrı ( ku, Agirî; ) is the capital of AÄŸrı Province in eastern Turkey, near the border with Iran. Formerly known as Karaköse ( ku, Qerekose) from the early Turkish republican period until 1946, and before that as Karakilise ( ota, Ù‚Ø±Ù‡â€ŒÚ ...
) is a
Turkish politician
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. He was elected in 2011 to the 24th
Grand National Assembly of Turkey
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for the
Nationalist Movement Party
The Nationalist Movement Party (alternatively translated as Nationalist Action Party; tr, Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi, MHP) is a Turkish far-right and ultranationalist political party. The group is often described as neo-fascist, and has bee ...
(MHP). Adan had previously represented the
True Path Party
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(DYP) in the 21st Assembly (1999 - 2002), and later been the party's deputy chairman (renamed
Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to:
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in 2007).
In the 1980s and 1990s Adan had a close relationship with
Mehmet AÄŸar
Mehmet Kemal AÄŸar (born on 30 October 1951) is a Turkish former police chief, politician, government minister and leader of the Democratic Party. He was a police officer who rose to General Director of the General Directorate of Security (effe ...
; in the early 1980s he was tried and acquitted of being involved in the 1980 murder of trade unionist
Kemal Türkler.
[ Hurriyet Daily News, 16 September 1999]
Smells like Susurluk
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References
1951 births
Living people
People from Ağrı
Nationalist Movement Party politicians
Democrat Party (Turkey, current) politicians
Istanbul University alumni
Deputies of Istanbul
Members of the 25th Parliament of Turkey
Members of the 21st Parliament of Turkey
Members of the 26th Parliament of Turkey
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