| Office: | Member of the 28th Parliament of Turkey |
| Term Start: | May 25, 2023 |
| Birth Date: | 1977 |
| Birth Place: | İzmir, Turkey |
| Party: | Republican People's Party |
| Education: | Dokuz Eylül University |
| Occupation: | Politician, lawyer |
Deniz Yücel (1977, İzmir, Turkey) is a Turkish politician and lawyer.
Deniz Yücel was born in 1977 in Izmir. His father Esen Yücel is a lawyer.[1] He graduated from Izmir Atatürk High School in 1995 and Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Law in 2000. In 2001, he registered with the Izmir Bar Association and started working as a freelance lawyer.[2]
Yücel joined the Republican People's Party in 1999. After the 2014 local elections in Turkey, he entered the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Assembly from Buca and became CHP group spokesperson.[3] He was elected provincial chairman at the CHP Izmir provincial congresses held on January 7, 2018, and February 8, 2020.[4] [5] On December 26, 2022, he resigned as provincial chairman to run for parliament.[6] In the 2023 general elections in Turkey, he was elected as an MP from Izmir 2nd district. On May 25, 2023, he received his deputy mandate and took office.[7]
Yücel is married to Gönenç Bilgen Yücel and has two children.[8] He speaks English fluently.