Kadri Enis Berberoğlu (born 5 June 1956) is a Turkish politician and journalist from the

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(CHP), who has served as the Member of Parliament for Istanbul's second electoral district since 2015.

Early life and career

Kadri Enis Berberoğlu was born on 1 April 1956 in

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and graduated from St. George's Austrian High School in 1975. He graduated from

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and obtained a

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in the field of

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. He has stated that he originates from a

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family, thereby making him a legacy

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Journalism

Berberoğlu began his journalism career in 1981 at the '' Dünya'' newspaper. He later went on to become the economics manager at

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and served as an editor at ''

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'' and ''

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''. On 29 December 2009, he became the General Director of Publications at ''Hürriyet'', resigning on 10 August 2014 due to growing political pressures on the newspaper. In October 2014, he became a writer at the ''

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'' newspaper.

Political career

At the 18th CHP Extraordinary Convention held on 6 September 2014, Berberoğlu was elected to the Party Council of the

(CHP). On 14 September, he was appointed as the Deputy Leader of the CHP responsible for media relations and communications by party leader

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. He was elected as a Member of Parliament for Istanbul's second electoral district at the June 2015 general election. In May 2016 his immunity as member of the parliament was lifted in order to allow for judiciary prosecution and on 14 June 2017 he was condemned by an Istanbul tribunal to 25 years prison for having divulged in 2014 pictures of the Turkish secret service which seemed to show delivery of weapons to Syrian rebels, in open contradiction to the Turkish government's denial of being actively involved in the Syrian conflict. On 24 June 2018 he was re-elected as member of the Parliament and released from prison on 20 September 2018. His Parliamentary Membership was revoked on 4 June 2020. Following he was arrested but released again on the 5 June due to

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regulations. His parliamentary membership was restored by the courts on 11 February 2021.

Reactions, 'March of Justice'

Engin Altay, one of the CHP parliamentary group leaders, criticised that Berberoğlu was imprisoned at once after the verdict although he made an

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. CHP leader

started the 'march of justice' from Ankara to Istanbul in protest of Berberoğlu's arrest. On 9 June, Kılıçdaroğlu reached Istanbul. The number of people participating in the march was estimated up to 2 million people.zeit.de
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References

External links

MP profile on the Grand National Assembly websiteCollection of all relevant news items at Haberler.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Berberoglu, Enis Living people Journalists from Istanbul Members of the 25th Parliament of Turkey Contemporary Republican People's Party (Turkey) politicians 1956 births Deputies of Istanbul Boğaziçi University alumni St. George's Austrian High School alumni Members of the 26th Parliament of Turkey Journalists imprisoned in Turkey Members of the 27th Parliament of Turkey Members of the 28th Parliament of Turkey