Tevhit Karakaya (born 1955, in

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) is a

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businessman and politician. He was elected MP in 1995 for the

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, in 1999 for its successor the

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, and in 2002 for the

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(AKP). He was a candidate for the AKP in 2007 but was not elected. In 2010 he acquired 50% of the

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