Ahmet Toptaş (3 February 1949 – 11 September 2022) was a Turkish politician from the
Republican People's Party
The Republican People's Party (RPP; , CHP ) is a Kemalism, Kemalist and Social democracy, social democratic political party in Turkey. It is the oldest List of political parties in Turkey, political party in Turkey, founded by Mustafa Kemal ...
(CHP), who served as a
Member of Parliament for
Afyonkarahisar
Afyonkarahisar (, 'poppy, opium', ''kara'' 'black', ''hisar'' 'fortress') is a major city in western Turkey. It is the administrative centre of Afyonkarahisar Province and Afyonkarahisar District. Its population is 251,799 (2021). Afyon is in the ...
.
Early life and career
Ahmet Toptaş was born on 3 February 1949. He attended Ankara University where he graduated with a degree in law.
Toptaş worked as a High School chemistry teacher and worked as a freelance lawyer from 1981 until his election to parliament in 2011.
Political career
Toptaş ran in the
2011 parliamentary elections in Afyonkarahisar for the CHP where he was placed first on the list, and was subsequently elected as the lone CHP MP from Afyon.
Toptaş ran for reelection in 2015, but was defeated in the CHP primary losing the first place list position to
Burcu Köksal
Burcu Köksal (born 18 January 1980) is a Turkish politician from the Republican People's Party (CHP), who is currently the Mayor of Afyonkarahisar. She previously served as a Member of Parliament for Afyonkarahisar from 7 June 2015 until she w ...
and placing last on the list for Afyonkarahisar overall.
He subsequently withdrew his candidacy.
Toptaş died from lymphoma on 11 September 2022, at the age of 73.
See also
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24th Parliament of Turkey
This is a list of members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the Grand National Assembly for the 24th Parliament of the Republic of Turkey at the 2011 general election.
Electoral districts are ordered according to plate codes of respective provinc ...
References
External links
MP profile on the Grand National Assembly websiteCollection of all relevant news items at Haberler.com
1949 births
2022 deaths
Contemporary Republican People's Party (Turkey) politicians
Deputies of Afyonkarahisar
People from Afyonkarahisar
Members of the 24th Parliament of Turkey
Ankara University Faculty of Law alumni
Deaths from lymphoma in Turkey
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