Mehmet Şandır (born in 1947, in Bayırbucak, Syria) is a Turkish politician. He is a former MP of the Turkish

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 ...

, and is currently an Honorary President of the

Syrian Turkmen Assembly The Syrian Turkmen Assembly ( tr, Suriye Türkmen Meclisi, ar, المجلس السوري التركماني) is a coalition of Syrian Turkmen political parties and groups representing Syrian Turkmens in the Syrian National Council and the Syrian ...

Early life and career

Şandır was born in 1947 in Bayırbucak, Syria, to Hasan and Atika Şandır. He graduated from Istanbul University in the Faculty of Forestry. Şandır served as the Turkish Minister of Forest and Water Management and then the Minister of Customs and Trade.

Personal life

Şandır is married and has three children.

References

Living people People from Latakia Syrian people of Turkish descent Syrian people of Circassian descent Nationalist Movement Party politicians 1947 births {{Turkey-politician-stub