Mustafa Murat Sökmenoğlu (31 August 1945 – 20 June 2014) was a Turkish politician who was a parliamentary deputy from 1983 to 1989 and from 1999 to 2002.

Background

Born in

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, Sökmenoğlu was the son of Tayfur Sökmen.

Career

Sökmenoğlu was elected to the

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in 1983 for the Nationalist Democracy Party (MDP), representing

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. He joined the

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after the MDP dissolved itself in 1986. He resigned on 27 December 1989 to protest the presidential election of

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Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi 21. Dönem Milletvekili
/ref> Sökmenoğlu later became Deputy Secretary-General of the

Nationalist Movement Party The Nationalist Movement Party, or alternatively translated as Nationalist Action Party (, MHP), is a Turkish Far-right politics, far-right, ultranationalism, ultranationalist Political parties in Turkey, political party. The group is often de ...

(MHP). In 1999 Sökmenoğlu was elected to parliament again, representing Istanbul for the MHP, until the MHP failed to cross the

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in 2002. Hurriyet Daily News, 11 June 1999
Sokmenoglu chairs a session of Parliament after 10 years
/ref> He was a Deputy Speaker of Parliament in this period. Hurriyet Daily News, 10 September 2002
Last-minute flurry of activity in parties
/ref>

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sokmenoglu, Murat 1945 births 2014 deaths Nationalist Democracy Party politicians Democrat Party (Turkey, current) politicians Nationalist Movement Party politicians Deputies of Hatay Deputies of Istanbul Deputy speakers of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey