Fatih Mehmet Maçoğlu (Also known as 'The Communist Mayor') (born 20 December 1968, Çemberlitaş,
Ovacik) is a Turkish
communist
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politician of
Kurdish
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*Kurds or Kurdish people
*Kurdish languages
*Kurdish alphabets
*Kurdistan, the land of the Kurdish people which includes:
**Southern Kurdistan
**Eastern Kurdistan
**Northern Kurdistan
**Western Kurdistan
See also
* Kurd (dis ...
descent and founder of
Socialist Councils Federation (SMF). He is currently the mayor of
Tunceli representing the
Communist Party of Turkey (TKP).
Early life and education
He was born in the village Çemberlitaş in Tunceli province in December 1968 and attended primary school in Ovacik and health high school in
Bingöl.
Professional career
From 1989 onwards he worked in healthcare. First in
Bozkir in
Konya
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and between 1992 and 2007 in
Pertek,
Tunceli.
From 2007 onwards he worked in
emergency care
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in the Tunceli state hospital. He resigned from his work in hospital in order to stand as a mayoral candidate for Ovacik in the
local elections of 2014.
Political career
He was elected mayor of Ovacık in 2014, where he was known for implementing initiatives like free public transport and agricultural projects such as bee keeping and chickpea cultivation with which the gains supported university students. He also encouraged the opening of several libraries in Ovacık. In the local elections in 2019, he was elected mayor of
Tunceli, the province's capital.
Personal life
He is married and has two children.
References
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1968 births
Living people
Zaza people
Turkish communists
Mayors of places in Turkey
Turkish Kurdish politicians
Turkish people of Kurdish descent
People from Tunceli Province