Ali Fazıl Kasap (born 3 June 1965) is a Turkish politician and physician. He is a member of the

Grand National Assembly of Turkey The Grand National Assembly of Turkey ( ), usually referred to simply as the GNAT or TBMM, also referred to as , in Turkish, is the Unicameralism, unicameral Turkey, Turkish legislature. It is the sole body given the legislative prerogatives by ...

since 2018.

Life and career

He was born on February 1, 1965, in Şeyhler, in

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district of

Kütahya Kütahya (; historically, Cotyaeum or Kotyaion; Ancient Greek, Greek: Κοτύαιον) is a city in western Turkey which lies on the Porsuk River, at 969 metres above sea level. It is the seat of Kütahya Province and Kütahya District. In 19 ...

. He completed his primary and secondary education in Kütahya. Kasap graduated from the

Dokuz Eylül University Dokuz Eylül University () (DEÜ) is a Public university, public research university in İzmir, Turkey. Founded in 1982, it is organized into 18 faculties. It holds the distinction of being the first university in Turkey to implement the probl ...

Faculty of Medicine. In the

2018 Turkish general election General elections were held in Turkey on 24 June 2018. Presidential elections were held to elect the President of Turkey using a two-round system. Parliamentary elections took place to elect 600 Members of Parliament to the Grand National Asse ...

, Kasap was elected to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. He is representing

as a CHP member. He was reelected in

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. After Hasan Bitmez died and Felicity and Future Alliance parliamentary group was briefly collapsed due to parliamentary rules, he switched parties as the will of the CHP. After Felicity and Future Alliance ended and formed the

New Path The New Path (YY; ) is a Turkish political party that was founded by the Felicity Party (SP), Democracy and Progress Party (DEVA) and the Future Party (GP) to create a joint parliamentary group. The party's chairman is Celal Mümtaz Akıncı, ...

(which has a large number of MPs), Kasap returned to CHP.

External Links

Official Website

MP profile on the Grand National Assembly website during the 28th Parliament

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kasap, Ali Fazil 1965 births Living people Turkish physicians Members of the 27th Parliament of Turkey Members of the 28th Parliament of Turkey Deputies of Kütahya Republican People's Party (Turkey) politicians