Ünal Erkan (born 1942 in

Erzurum Erzurum (; ) is a List of cities in Turkey, city in eastern Anatolia, Turkey. It is the largest city and capital of Erzurum Province and is 1,900 meters (6,233 feet) above sea level. Erzurum had a population of 367,250 in 2010. It is the site of an ...

) is a

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(MHP) politician. He was a member of the party's Central Executive Board, resigning in 2007. He was governor of the OHAL state-of-emergency region from 1992 to 1995, and had previously been head of police in Ankara and Istanbul and Chief of the General Directorate of Security (July 1991 to February 1992). He was briefly a cabinet minister in 1996 under

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for the

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(DYP). Hurriyet Daily News, 27 May 1996
Yilmaz vows to continue as long as he can
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's controversial ''1987

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Report'' that wrote about high-ranking civil servants and politicians such as Nevzat Ayaz, Erkan and Mehmet Ağar, alleging connections with the

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1942 births People from Erzurum Living people Nationalist Movement Party politicians Democrat Party (Turkey, current) politicians Deputies of Ankara Turkish police chiefs Government ministers of Turkey Turkish civil servants Members of the 20th Parliament of Turkey {{Turkey-politician-stub