Ahmet Haluk Koç (born 3 October 1954) is a Turkish politician who serves as the spokesperson and deputy leader of the

Republican People's Party The Republican People's Party (RPP; , CHP ) is a Kemalism, Kemalist and Social democracy, social democratic political party in Turkey. It is the oldest List of political parties in Turkey, political party in Turkey, founded by Mustafa Kemal ...

(CHP) since 2012. He was a Member of Parliament for

Samsun Samsun is a List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, city on the north coast of Turkey and a major Black Sea port. The urban area recorded a population of 738,692 in 2022. The city is the capital of Samsun Province which has a population of ...

between

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and 2015 and serves as an MP for Ankara's second electoral district as of 7 June 2015. He briefly served as deputy leader of the CHP between 22 May and 3 November 2010.

Early life and career

Born in

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to a family originating from the Black Sea region of Turkey, Koç studied medicine at

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and became a specialist concerning internal illnesses and

hematology Hematology (American and British English spelling differences#ae and oe, spelled haematology in British English) is the branch of medicine concerned with the study of the cause, prognosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases related to bloo ...

. He became a

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in 1990 and a

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in 1996. He has had an excess of 200 articles published worldwide and has served as the President of the Turkish Hematology Association. He has previously chaired the European Union Congress on bone and blood transplants.

Political career

In the 2002 general election, Koç was elected as a CHP MP from Samsun. He was re-elected in

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and is facing re-election in June 2015. When

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 ...

was elected leader of the CHP during the party's Ordinary Convention of 2010, Koç was appointed deputy leader of the party responsible for international relations. He resigned form this position on 3 November 2010. In 2012, he was reappointed deputy leader, this time responsible for public policy and concurrently serves as the party's spokesperson.

References

External links

MP profile at the Parliament websiteCollection of all relevant news items at Haberler.comTwitter Account
{{DEFAULTSORT:Koc, Haluk 1954 births Living people Deputies of Samsun Ankara University Faculty of Medicine alumni Contemporary Republican People's Party (Turkey) politicians Politicians from Istanbul Members of the 22nd Parliament of Turkey Members of the 23rd Parliament of Turkey Members of the 24th Parliament of Turkey Members of the 25th Parliament of Turkey Members of the 26th Parliament of Turkey Members of the 27th Parliament of Turkey Members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

Early life and career

Political career

See also

References

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