Hasan Özdemir (born 1 January 1947 in

Oğuzeli Oğuzeli is a municipality and district of Gaziantep Province, Turkey. Its area is 689 km2, and its population is 33,397 (2022). The town is inhabited by Turkmens of the Barak tribe and Abdals of the Maya Sekenler tribe. Composition There are ...

) is a Turkish former police chief and politician. He was Istanbul Chief of Police from 1997 to 2000 and 2001 to 2003, and had previously been Chief of Police in a number of other provinces, including

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and

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, and governor of

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. He was elected to the

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in 2007 for the

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(MHP).

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, 31 July 2008
Evidence indicates Ergenekon tried to block presidential election
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ozdemir, Hasan 1947 births Living people People from Oğuzeli Turkish police chiefs Nationalist Movement Party politicians Deputies of Gaziantep Members of the 23rd Parliament of Turkey Governors of Ardahan