Aydın Ünal (born 1970) is a

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politician from the

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(AK Party) who currently serves as a

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for Ankara's second electoral district. He was first elected in the June 2015 general election and was re-elected in November 2015.

Early life and career

Aydın Ünal was born in

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, Ankara Province in 1970. He is originally from Ankara's

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district. After completing his secondary and high-school education in Ankara, he studied at the

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Faculty of Scientific Literature Department of Chemistry before graduating from Hacettepe University Faculty of Education as an English teacher. He later wrote in several magazines and newspapers before writing numerous poems and stories.

Political career

In 2002, he was appointed as an advisor to the

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responsible for the

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. He went on to serve as an advisor to the

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, the Chief Undersecretary to the Prime Minister and later to the

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. Between 2007 and 2015, he wrote articles for

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. In 2016, he caused controversy for suggesting that the Office of the Prime Minister would be occupied by a 'low profile' politician focusing only on technical issues after the resignation of Ahmet Davutoğlu. In the June 2015 general election, he was elected as a

for Ankara's second electoral district from the

and was re-elected in the November 2015 general election. He served as a member of the Turkish delegation at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in the 25th and 26th Parliaments, while also serving as a member of the Parliamentary Human Rights Investigatory Commission in the 26th Parliament. In December 2017, Ünal published an editorial in the

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listing the names of nine Turkish journalists in exile and seemed to suggest they would be targets for assassination, saying, “Better to get ready for intra-organization extrajudicial killings instead of carrying out operations over judicial theater.”

References

External links

MP profile on the Grand National Assembly websiteCollection of all relevant news items at Haberler.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Unal, Aydin 1970 births Justice and Development Party (Turkey) politicians Hacettepe University alumni Members of the 25th Parliament of Turkey Members of the 26th Parliament of Turkey Deputies of Ankara People from Keçiören People from Güdül Living people