Turkish Cypriot
Turkish Cypriots or Cypriot Turks ( tr, Kıbrıs Türkleri or ''Kıbrıslı Türkler''; el, Τουρκοκύπριοι, Tourkokýprioi) are ethnic Turks originating from Cyprus. Following the Ottoman conquest of the island in 1571, about 30,00 ...
politician and psychiatrist. He served as the first leader of the Communal Democracy Party (TDP) between 2007 and 2013 and has been a member of the Assembly of the Republic since 2003. He then served as an independent member of the parliament for the
Lefkoşa District
Lefkoşa District is a district of Northern Cyprus. It is divided into two sub-districts: Lefkoşa Sub-district and Değirmenlik Sub-district.Communal Liberation Party
The Communal Liberation Party (, TKP) was a left-wing political party in Northern Cyprus.
History
The TKP was established in 1976 by Alpay Durduran.Vincent E McHale (1983) ''Political parties of Europe'', Greenwood Press, p109 It won six of t ...
. His tenure as an MP ended in 2018 after his party failed to reach the election threshold.
Early life and professional career
Çakıcı was born in
Nicosia
Nicosia ( ; el, Λευκωσία, Lefkosía ; tr, Lefkoşa ; hy, Նիկոսիա, romanized: ''Nikosia''; Cypriot Arabic: Nikusiya) is the largest city, capital, and seat of government of Cyprus. It is located near the centre of the Mesaor ...
, the capital of Cyprus, in 1966. He graduated from the Atatürk Primary School, Bayraktar Middle School and the Lefkoşa Türk Lisesi (Nicosia Turkish High School), and started his medical degree in the Marmara University of
Istanbul
Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...
in 1985. In 1991 and 1992 he completed his foundation training in psychiatry in
London
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and became a specialist in psychiatry in the
Bakırköy Psychiatric Hospital
Bakırköy Psychiatric Hospital, short for Bakırköy Mazhar Osman Mental Health and Neurological Diseases Education and Research Hospital ( tr, Bakırköy Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Ruh Sağlığı ve Sinir Hastalıkları Eğitim Araştırma Hastanesi ...
after training between 1994 and 1998. Between 1996 and 2000, he also completed a PhD in forensic medicine in the Marmara University. He won the 70th Year Special Award of the Bakırköy Psychiatric Hospital and Best Research Award at the 33rd Turkish National Congress of Psychiatry in 1997 with an article he published. He worked the prevent the use of drugs by students in Istanbul.
In 1998, he returned to Cyprus. He received an award from the Turkish Cypriot
Security Forces Command
The Security Forces Command ( tr, Güvenlik Kuvvetleri Komutanlığı) is the military and security force of the unrecognized Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
It is a 15,000 strong force primarily made up of conscripted Turkish Cypriot male ...
for his successful work aimed at reducing suicides in the Turkish Cypriot military and became the head of the Psychology Department of the Faculty of Sciences and Literature of the
Near East University
Near East University (NEU; tr, Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi, commonly referred to as YDÜ) is a private university located in North Cyprus. It was founded in North Nicosia in 1988, by Suat Günsel, a Turkish Cypriot who is the 100% owner of NEU. ...
. He became an associate professor in 2001. He then sustained an active life in non-governmental professional organizations, including the leadership of the Turkish Cypriot Association of Mental Disorders and the Secretary General of the Turkish Cypriot Medical Association. In 2001, he opened the first substance addiction treatment center in Northern Cyprus with beds. He also established the Turkish Cypriot Mental Health Institute.
He has published over 60 scientific articles and nine books (as of 2009) on violence against women and child abuse.
Political career
He was one of the founding members of the
Peace and Democracy Movement
The Peace and Democracy Movement ( tr, Barış ve Demokrasi Hareketi) was a social democratic political party in the de facto Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. In the last legislative elections for the House of Representatives of Northern Cypru ...
(BDH) in 2003 and was elected as a member of the parliament for the
Lefkoşa District
Lefkoşa District is a district of Northern Cyprus. It is divided into two sub-districts: Lefkoşa Sub-district and Değirmenlik Sub-district.2003 parliamentary election. He became the party's secretary general in 2004. He was subsequently re-elected as a member of the parliament in 2009 and 2013. After the merger of the BDH and the
Communal Liberation Party
The Communal Liberation Party (, TKP) was a left-wing political party in Northern Cyprus.
History
The TKP was established in 1976 by Alpay Durduran.Vincent E McHale (1983) ''Political parties of Europe'', Greenwood Press, p109 It won six of t ...
in 2007, he became the first leader of the Communal Democracy Party. He resigned from his position in 2013, after his party won 3 seats in the parliament in what he deemed as a failure to keep his promise.
In November 2016, Çakıcı resigned from the TDP, claiming that the party had been rendered a place where nepotism was rife by the policies of his successor, Cemal Özyiğit. Being bound by law to continue as an independent MP for the rest of his term, he founded a new party with the name
Communal Liberation Party
The Communal Liberation Party (, TKP) was a left-wing political party in Northern Cyprus.
History
The TKP was established in 1976 by Alpay Durduran.Vincent E McHale (1983) ''Political parties of Europe'', Greenwood Press, p109 It won six of t ...
, and became the president of its Board of Directors.
Private life
He is married to the psychiatrist associate professor Ebru Çakıcı and has a son and a daughter.