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Salih Fırat (born 1 January 1960) is a Turkish politician of
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origin from the Justice and Development Party (AKP), who has served as a Member of Parliament for
Adıyaman Adıyaman () is a city in southeastern Turkey. It is the administrative centre of Adıyaman Province and Adıyaman District. Its population is 267,131 (2021). The inhabitants of the city are mostly Turkish and Kurdish. The city was one of the ...
28 June 2011 to 16 May 2018.


Early life and career

Born in
Adıyaman Adıyaman () is a city in southeastern Turkey. It is the administrative centre of Adıyaman Province and Adıyaman District. Its population is 267,131 (2021). The inhabitants of the city are mostly Turkish and Kurdish. The city was one of the ...
, he graduated from
Ankara University Ankara University () is a public university, public research university in Ankara, the capital of Turkey. It was the first higher education institution founded in Turkey after the History of the Republic of Turkey, formation of the Turkish republ ...
Faculty of Medicine and worked in hospitals in
İzmir İzmir is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara. It is on the Aegean Sea, Aegean coast of Anatolia, and is the capital of İzmir Province. In 2024, the city of İzmir had ...
,
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and Adıyaman as an expert on
orthopedics Orthopedic surgery or orthopedics (American and British English spelling differences, alternative spelling orthopaedics) is the branch of surgery concerned with conditions involving the musculoskeletal system. Orthopedic surgeons use both surgic ...
and
traumatology In medicine, traumatology (from Greek ''trauma'', meaning injury or wound) is the study of wounds and injuries caused by accidents or violence to a person, and the surgical therapy and repair of the damage. Traumatology is a branch of medicine. ...
. He was also a member of the Adıyaman Sports Club executive board and was the club's doctor. He is a member of the Human Rights Foundation.


Political career

First elected as a CHP Member of Parliament in the 2011 general election, he resigned from the CHP and joined the AKP in 2013 after accusing CHP politicians of making racist remarks against Kurds. He was re-elected as an MP, this time from the AKP party list, in the June 2015 general election.


See also

* 24th Parliament of Turkey *
25th Parliament of Turkey This is a list of members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the Grand National Assembly for the 25th Parliament of the Republic of Turkey at the June 2015 general election, which was held on 7 June 2015. Electoral districts are ordered in alphabet ...


References


External links


MP profile on the Grand National Assembly website

Collection of all relevant news items at Haberler.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Firat, Salih Justice and Development Party (Turkey) politicians Republican People's Party (Turkey) politicians Deputies of Adıyaman Turkish Kurdish people Living people People from Adıyaman Ankara University Faculty of Medicine alumni Turkish orthopedic surgeons 1960 births Members of the 25th Parliament of Turkey Members of the 24th Parliament of Turkey Members of the 26th Parliament of Turkey Turkish sports physicians