Veli Ağbaba (born 3 April 1968) is a Turkish politician from 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), who has served as a Member of Parliament for

Malatya Malatya (; ; Syriac language, Syriac ܡܠܝܛܝܢܐ Malīṭīná; ; Ancient Greek: Μελιτηνή) is a city in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey and the capital of Malatya Province. The city has been a human settlement for thousands of y ...

since 12 June 2011.

Early life and education

Veli Ağbaba was born in Yazıhan,

Malatya Province Malatya Province (; ) is a Provinces of Turkey, province and Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality of Turkey. Its area is 12,259 km2, and its population is 812,580 (2022). It is part of a larger mountainous area. Th ...

, on 3 April 1968 as the son of Hüseyin and Elif Ağbaba. He completed his high school education in Malatya at

Turan Emeksiz Ahmet Turan Emeksiz (11 November 1940 – 28 April 1960) was a Turkish university student who was killed in 1960 street demonstrations. Life Emeksiz was born in Gündüzbey village of Yeşilyurt district, Malatya Province in 1940. After hi ...

High School. He graduated from

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in 1989. In his youth, Ağbaba founded the Anadolu University Student Association. He is married with three children.

Political career

Ağbaba joined Social Democratic Populist Party (SHP) in 1993 after his military service. He served as a Malatya Municipal Councillor between 1994 and 1999. In the local elections of 18 April 1999, Ağbaba was elected

(CHP) Provincial President.

Member of Parliament

Ağbaba was elected as a CHP Member of Parliament for Malatya in the 2011 general election. He was re-elected in June 2015 and November 2015. He is a member of the Atatürkist Thought Association, a secular organization that espouses the ideas of

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Mustafa Kemal Atatürk ( 1881 – 10 November 1938) was a Turkish field marshal and revolutionary statesman who was the founding father of the Republic of Turkey, serving as its first President of Turkey, president from 1923 until Death an ...

, the founder of modern Turkey. A report that up to 400 workers had been killed during the construction of the new

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prompted Ağbaba to lodge a written questionnaire to the Turkish parliament on 13 February 2018.

Books authored

* Balyoz Kumpası * Kalemi Kırılan Gazeteciler

References

External links

*https://twitter.com/veliagbaba {{DEFAULTSORT:Agbaba, Veli 1968 births Living people People from Yazıhan Social Democratic People's Party (Turkey) politicians Contemporary Republican People's Party (Turkey) politicians 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 28th Parliament of Turkey Deputies of Malatya Anadolu University alumni