Olcay Kılavuz (born 18 October 1985) is a Turkish politician. He was the chairman of the

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between 2012 and 2018, and was elected as a

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deputy from the

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in the

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Early years and education

Kılavuz was born on 18 October 1985, in the

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town of

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. He completed his primary and secondary school education in

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's Department of Construction Technology and Department of Sports Management in 2015. In 2017, he received his master's degree from

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Political career

Kılavuz was appointed as the Chairman of the Grey Wolves on 9 December 2012. In the 2018 Turkish general elections, he was elected as Mersin Deputy from the MHP. At the same time, he became the first person to be both the chairman and deputy of Grey Wolves. He left his position as the Chairman of Grey Wolves on 31 December 2018. He was nominated in first place in the 2018 election, while he was nominated in fourth place for the 2023 elections and could not be elected. In 2020, he punched

Özgür Özel Özgür Özel () (born 21 September 1974) is a Turkish pharmacist and politician who has served as Leader of the Republican People's Party, leader of the Republican People's Party (CHP) since 2023. He had previously shared the parliamentary group ...

in the

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. Later, he apologized to Özel. In 2023, Tolgahan Demirbaş, the suspected killer of

Sinan Ateş Sinan Ateş (14 August 1984 – 30 December 2022) was a Turkish historian, academic and politician. He worked as a lecturer at Hacettepe University and served as the general chairman of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP)'s Grey Wolves from 2019 ...

, was detained from Kılavuz's house, sparking theories about Kılavuz's involvement in the murder.

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