Mehmet Bedri İncetahtacı (1960 – 21 November 1999) was a Turkish politician, best known as a member of the parliamentary commission which investigated the 1996

Susurluk scandal The Susurluk scandal () or Susurluk accident (), was a 1996 political scandal in Turkey that exposed a close relationship between the Turkish government, the ultra-nationalistic paramilitary Grey Wolves (organization), Grey Wolves organization an ...

. He was a member of the

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for the

Welfare Party The Welfare Party (, RP) was an Islamist political party in Turkey. It was founded by Ali Türkmen, Ahmet Tekdal, and Necmettin Erbakan in Ankara in 1983 as heir to two earlier parties, National Order Party (MNP) and National Salvation Party ...

(RP) and, after it was banned, its

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(FP) successor, and a leading member of

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, sometimes known as "Hoca's prince" (Hoca,

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). İncetahtacı died in a car accident in November 1999, on his way to the airport to speak about Susurluk at conferences in Germany. His son said in 2008 that he thought his father had been assassinated. Fellow Susurluk Commission members

Mehmet Elkatmış Mehmet Elkatmış (born 14 January 1947, Nevşehir) is a Justice and Development Party (AKP) politician. He was chair of the parliamentary Susurluk Commission which investigated the 1996 Susurluk scandal The Susurluk scandal () or Susurluk acc ...

and

Fikri Sağlar Fikri Sağlar (born 1953) is a Turkish social democrat politician. He was Minister of Culture in the early 1990s, and a member of the parliamentary commission which investigated the Susurluk scandal. He has been a columnist for ''Birgün''. In ...

had also voiced suspicions. ''

Yeni Şafak ''Yeni Şafak'' ("New Dawn") is a conservative, Islamist Turkish daily newspaper. The newspaper is known for its hardline support of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the AK Party and has a very close relationship with the Turkish government. ...

'' reported that a week before his death İncetahtacı had gained access to new documents on the relationship between businessman Erol Evcil and certain civil servants. His family said he had been writing a book about Susurluk.

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, 22 November 1999
Questions remain over death of FP deputy
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