Metin Kasikoglu | |
Office: | Member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey |
Termstart: | 2002 |
Termend: | 2011 |
Birth Date: | 3 January 1966 |
Birth Place: | Düzce |
Party: | AKP |
Alma Mater: | Istanbul University |
Otherparty: | DEVA |
Metin Kaşıkoğlu (born 3 January 1966, Düzce) is a Turkish jurist and politician and a former member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey for the Justice and Development Party (AKP). He is a co-founder of the Democracy and Progress Party (DEVA).[1]
He studied law at the Istanbul University following which he worked as an independent lawyer. In his early political career, he became a Member of the Municipal Council of Dücze.[2]
As the head of the AKP of Düzce, he supported the Mehmet Keleş during his successful candidacy to the mayorship of Düzce in 2014.[3] He was elected to the Grand National Assembly representing the AKP for Düzce in 2002[4] and 2007.[5] In January 2021 he was made a member of the Dispute Resolution Board of the DEVA party led by Ali Babacan.[6] In reaction to the People's Democratic Party's (HDP) acknowledgement of the Armenian genocide he wished the party their extinction as well.[7]
Kaşıkoğlu is married and has three children.