Gürsel Tekin Explained

Gürsel Tekin
Office:General Secretary of the Republican People's Party
Term Start:8 May 2014
Term End:24 January 2015
Predecessor:Bihlun Tamaylıgil
Successor:Kamil Okyay Sındır
Leader:Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu
Office1:Deputy leader of the Republican People's Party
Term Start1:4 August 2010
Term End1:14 September 2014
Leader1:Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu
Office2:Member of the Grand National Assembly
Term Start2:12 June 2011
Constituency2:İstanbul (I) (2011, June 2015, Nov 2015, 2018)
Birth Date:1964 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Karlıyazı, Göle, Ardahan, Turkey
Party:Republican People's Party (1995–2024)
Term End2:3 June 2023

Gürsel Tekin (born 6 January 1964 in Ardahan, Turkey) is a Turkish politician of Kurdish descent[1] and vice-president of Republican People's Party (CHP).

Biography

Gürsel Tekin was born in the Karlıyazı (Kırziyan) village of the Göle District of Ardahan Province, Turkey.[1] Tekin received his high school diploma from Kars Alparslan Lisesi (Kars Alparslan High School). Then he studied Turkish Literature Faculty at Atatürk University but he did not continue to school because of economic problems. Then he came to Istanbul for his military service.

Political career

First he was the member of SODEP (Social Democracy Party) (Turkish: Sosyal Demokrasi Partisi). Then SODEP fused with HP to become SHP. In 1995 SHP and CHP came together. In 1999 Tekin became vice-mayor of Kadıköy and also in 1999 and 2004 he entered in Istanbul Municipality Council. Then in 2007 he became the provincial CHP chairman of Istanbul Province. Gürsel Tekin also worked with Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on local elections in 2009. On 4 August 2010 he was chosen vice-president for the party. His suggestion, that the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) could be given a ministry if the CHP wins the elections in 2023, drew ire from the politicians of the Good Party (iYi), while Kılıçdaroğlu also denied this possibility.[2] The HDP spokesperson Ebru Günay refuted the possibility of joining the opposition bloc called Table of Six.

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 18 February 2017. 19 February 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170219131740/https://www.m.t24.com.tr/amp/haber/fikirtepeli-gursel-tekinin-hikayesi,111217?client. Arşivlenmiş kopya. dead.
  2. Web site: 2022-08-09 . HDP to İYİ Party chair Akşener: 'Only thing you promise to country is darkness of 1990s' . 2023-04-02 . Gazete Duvar.