Zühtü Arslan (born 1 January 1964) is a Turkish judge and former president of the

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Biography

Arslan was born in Sorgun district of the

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. In 1987 he graduated from

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The School of Political Sciences. He got his master's degree from

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in 1996. He later worked as a president of the Turkish National Police Academy. On 10 February 2015, he was elected as the deputy president of the court. He is married with four children.Zühtü Arslan biyografisi
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1964 births Living people Alumni of the University of Leicester People from Sorgun, Yozgat Turkish civil servants Turkish judges Presidents of the Constitutional Court of Turkey {{turkey-law-bio-stub