Gürsel Tekin (born 6 January 1964 in

Ardahan Ardahan ( ka, არტაანი, tr; ; Russian: Ардаган) is a city in northeastern Turkey, near the Georgian border. It is the seat of Ardahan Province and Ardahan District.Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

) is a Turkish politician of

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descent and vice-president of

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(CHP).

Biography

Gürsel Tekin was born in the Karlıyazı (Kırziyan) village of the

Göle District Göle District is a district of Ardahan Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town Göle.İlç ...

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. Tekin received his high school diploma from Kars Alparslan Lisesi (Kars Alparslan High School). Then he studied Turkish Literature Faculty at

Atatürk University Atatürk University () is a public land-grant research university established in 1957 in Erzurum, Turkey, in collaboration with the University of Nebraska. The university comprises 23 faculties, 18 colleges, 8 institutes, and 30 research cente ...

but he did not continue to school because of economic problems. Then he came to

Istanbul Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics ...

for his military service.

Political career

First he was the member of

SODEP The Social Democracy Party (, SODEP) of Turkey was one of the two main parties of Turkey in early 1980s but later on merged with the People's Party to form the Social Democratic Populist Party (SHP) in 1985. Ideology Although SODEP, which exi ...

(Social Democracy Party) (). Then SODEP fused with HP to become SHP. In 1995 SHP and CHP came together. In 1999 Tekin became vice-mayor of

Kadıköy Kadıköy () is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district on the Asian side of Istanbul Province, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 25 km2, and its population is 467,919 (2023). It is a large and populous area in the Asian si ...

and also in 1999 and 2004 he entered in Istanbul Municipality Council. Then in 2007 he became the provincial CHP chairman of Istanbul Province. Gürsel Tekin also worked with

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu (; born 17 December 1948), also referred to by his initials KK, is a Turkish politician who served as the Leader of the Republican People's Party, leader of the Republican People's Party (CHP) from 2010 to 2023. He was Lis ...

on local elections in 2009. On 4 August 2010 he was chosen vice-president for the party. His suggestion, that the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) could be given a ministry if the CHP wins the elections in 2023, drew ire from the politicians of the

Good Party The Good Party (Turkish language, Turkish: ''İYİ Parti'') is a Turkish nationalism, nationalist, Kemalism, Kemalist and Conservatism, conservative List of political parties in Turkey, political party in Turkey, established on 25 October 2017 b ...

(iYi), while Kılıçdaroğlu also denied this possibility. The HDP spokesperson Ebru Günay refuted the possibility of joining the opposition bloc called

Table of Six The Nation Alliance (), abbreviated as NATION (), was an electoral alliance, electoral and political alliance in Turkey, made up of six opposition parties to contest the 2023 Turkish general election against its main rival, the People's Allianc ...

References

Meclis üyesi Gürsel Tekin
''İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi''
Gürsel Tekin
''CHP İstanbul İl Başkanlığı''
CHP İstanbul İl Başkanı Gürsel Tekin oldu
''NetHaber''

''OKimdir.com''

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tekin, Gursel Contemporary Republican People's Party (Turkey) politicians 1964 births Living people Social Democracy Party (Turkey) politicians 20th-century Turkish politicians Social Democratic Populist Party (Turkey) politicians People from Ardahan Members of the 25th Parliament of Turkey Members of the 24th Parliament of Turkey Members of the 26th Parliament of Turkey