Mehmet Salih Uzun (b. 1970
Kocaeli,
Turkey
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politician and former and final leader of the
Motherland Party (Anavatan Partisi, ANAP).
Biography
Uzun was born in the northwestern
Anatolia
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n town of
Gölcük in
Kocaeli Province. He graduated from the
Ankara University
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's Faculty of Political Sciences. After receiving his Master's degree from the same university, Uzun completed his PhD at Selçuk University.
Salih Uzun was elected 7th president of ANAP at the party congress on October 26, 2008. He served as leader until October 2009 when
Motherland Party was merged to Democratic Party. He is succeeded by
Hüsamettin Cindoruk, who is the leader of
Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to:
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.
He is married and has a child.
External links
Motherland party official website
1970 births
People from İzmit
Ankara University Faculty of Political Sciences alumni
Leaders of political parties in Turkey
Living people
Motherland Party (Turkey) politicians
Democrat Party (Turkey, current) politicians
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