Ali Dinçer (1945 – 18 April 2007) was a Turkish mechanical engineer, politician, former Mayor of Ankara and former government minister. Ali Dinçer was born in

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to a family of Turkish ancestry in 1945. While he was four years old, his family moved to

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. After completing Yıldırım Bayezıd High School and the Mechanical Engineering School of the

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, he obtained a

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in Industrial Engineering. During his professional career, he was elected as the speaker of the

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. Ali Dinçer married to

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, a Bulgarian singer of Turkish ancestry.

Political career

In the university, he was a member of the Social Democracy Association. He joined the Republican People's Party (CHP), and in the local elections held on 11 December 1977, he was elected as the

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. His term was cut short by the

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. In 1995, he returned to politics. On 24 December 1995, he was elected into the

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as a deputy of Ankara. In the short-lived 52nd government of Turkey, he was appointed

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serving between 30 October 1995 and 6 March 1996. The CHP failed to enter the parliament in the next general election held on 18 April 1999. In the general election held on 3 November 2002, he was elected as a deputy of

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into the 22nd Parliament. Ali Dinçer died in Ankara on 18 April 2007 due to

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Legacy

A covering urban park in

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secondary municipality of Ankara, which was opened to public on 29 September 2007, is named after Ali Dinçer.Batıkent page
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References

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