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Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu
Leader of the CHP and Leader of the Main Opposition
Incumbent
Assumed office
22 May 2010
Preceded byDeniz Baykal
Personal details
Born (1948-12-17) December 17, 1948 (age 75)
Ballıca village of Nazimiye, Tunceli, Turkey[1]
Political partyRepublican People's Party
SpouseSelvi (Sevim) Kılıçdaroğlu
SignatureFile:Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu imza.svg
WebsiteOfficial Site

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu (born December 17, 1948 in Ballıca village of Nazimiye, Tunceli)[1] is a Turkish politician of Kurdish [2][3][4][5] or Zaza[6][7] origin. He is an Alevi. He was selected as the 7th leader of the Republican People's Party (CHP) at the party congress held on May 22, 2010 following the resignation of Deniz Baykal.

He was nominated by the CHP as candidate for Mayor of Istanbul in the 2009 local elections, in which he gained 36.8% of all votes. He is considered likely to breathe new life into the CHP.[8].

Early life

He was born on December 17, 1948 in Ballıca village of Nazimiye district in Tunceli Province, eastern Turkey[1] to Kamer, a clerk-recorder of deeds and his wife Yemuş. He was the fourth of seven children.[9][10]

The family belonged to the Cebeligiller clan of the Kureyşan tribe. His father changed their family name in the 1950s from originally Karabulut to Kılıçdaroğlu since all the people in the village they lived in had the same family name.[9]

Kemal continued his primary and secondary education in various places like Erciş, Tunceli, Genç and Elazığ. He finished the high school as the school's best. He was educated in economics at Gazi University in Ankara, from which he graduated in 1971. During his youth days, he earned his living by selling goods.[9]He was a gotveren and gave his ass to CHP, (Onder Sav). After Baykal did sikmek his secretary he anounced that he will recigned, and kilictaroglunun is now the president of chp, simdi anasini amina esek soksun picin olu , onun gotunu siktim biliyonmu muammer, Muammer ben kilictaroglunun anasini siktim simdi onun babasiyim o oruspu cocugu. Hele bi dinle ben ne diyom. Dieppppvriesss

Professional career

After university, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu entered the Ministry of Finance as a deputy accountant. He was later promoted to accountant and was sent to France for additional professional training. In 1983, he was appointed deputy director general of the Revenues Department in the same ministry. At this time he worked closely with then Prime Minister Turgut Özal. In 1991, Kılıçdaroğlu became director-general of the social security administration Bağ-Kur. The following year he was appointed director-general of the other social security administration, SSK.[9]

In 1994, Kılıçdaroğlu was named "Civil Servant of the Year" by the weekly periodical "Ekonomik Trend".[9]

Politics

He retired in 1994 and tried to enter politics from within Bülent Ecevit's Democratic Left Party (DSP). He did not succeed in this venture, though, as he could not get on the party's candidates' list. During his chairmanship of an association that aimed to protect citizens' tax payments, he was invited by the leader of the CHP, Deniz Baykal, to join his party. He accepted the invitation.[9]

Following the 2002 general elections, he entered the parliament as a deputy from Istanbul. In the 2007, he was re-elected to parliament. He became deputy speaker of his party's parliamentary group.[9]

Kılıçdaroğlu's efforts to uncover malpractice among high-ranking Justice and Development Party (AKP) politicians carried him to headlines in the Turkish media. Two deputy chairmen of the ruling AKP, Şaban Dişli and Dengir Mir Mehmet Fırat, resigned following television debates with Kılıçdaroğlu. Furthermore, he publicly accused the AKP-affiliated Mayor of Ankara, Melih Gökçek, of complicity in a corruption scandal relating to the "Deniz Feneri" ("Lighthouse") charity based in Germany.[9]

Election to CHP leadership

Long-time leader of the CHP, Deniz Baykal, resigned on May 10, 2010 following a video tape scandal. Kılıçdaroğlu announced his candidacy for the position on May 17, five days before an upcoming party convention. According to reports, the party was divided over the leadership issue, with its Central Executive Board insisting that Baykal retake the position.[11] But after Kılıçdaroğlu received the support of 77 of his party's 81 provincial chairpersons,[12] Baykal decided not to run for re-election.[13]

For a candidacy to become official, CHP by-laws require the support of 20% of convention delegates.[14] At the party convention, which started on May 22, 2010, Kılıçdaroğlu's candidacy received the signatures of 1,246 out of the 1,250 delegates, which set a new record for the CHP.[15]

In view of this overwhelming support, the presidium of the party convention decided to move the election, initially scheduled for Sunday, forward to Saturday. As now expected, Kılıçdaroğlu was elected as party chairman. The election was unanimous, with 1,189 votes (not counting eight votes that were found to be invalid).[16][17]

Family life

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu married Selvi (unofficially Sevim) in 1974. The couple has a son, Kerem, two daughters, Aslı and Zeynep, and a granddaughter from Aslı's marriage.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c Yalçın, Soner (2010-05-23). "Kılıçdaroğlu hakkında bilinmeyen tek gerçek". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2010-05-26.
  2. ^ Sex Scandal Shake-Up Reinvigorates Turkish Opposition Party, By Benjamin Harvey, Bloomberg, dated May 23, 2010, 6:00 PM EDT
  3. ^ Kılıçdaroğlu’s Kurdish and Alevi identity, Today's Zaman, dated 27 May 2010, Thursday
  4. ^ Turkey’s “Gandhi” Gets Tough with Governing Party, EURASIANET.org, dated May 27, 2010 - 3:06pm, by Yigal Schleifer
  5. ^ Turkey's opposition: A new Kemal: Kemal Kilicdaroglu gives new hope to the Turkish opposition, dated May 27th 2010, Ankara, from The Economist print edition
  6. ^ Mustafa Akyol, "Kılıçdaroğlu just doesn’t get it", Hürriyet Daily News & Economic Review, May 25, 2010, Retrieved 6 July, 2010.
  7. ^ Adam Brickley, "Turks Turn on Islamist Government?", The Weekly Standard, June 21,. 2010, Retrieved 6 July, 2010.
  8. ^ http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/997fc890-64ed-11df-aa4d-00144feab49a.html
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Nazımiyeli ailenin okuyan tek çocuğu". Radikal (in Turkish). 2010-05-23. Retrieved 2010-05-23.
  10. ^ http://www.kemalkilicdaroglu.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17&Itemid=29
  11. ^ "Kılıçdaroğlu announcement splits Turkish opposition party". Hürriyet Daily News. May 17, 2010.
  12. ^ "Kılıçdaroğlu receives broad support from party base". Hürriyet Daily News. May 18, 2010.
  13. ^ Habib Güler (May 21, 2010). "Baykal announces he will not run as debate heats up over new CHP". Today's Zaman.
  14. ^ "CHP delegates convene to elect new leader". Today's Zaman. May 22, 2010.
  15. ^ "CHP'de tarihi kurultay". Habertürk (in Turkish). May 22, 2010.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  16. ^ İzgi Güngör (May 22, 2010). "Kılıçdaroğlu wins CHP leadership, challenges Turkish PM 'Mr. Recep'". Hürriyet Daily News.
  17. ^ "Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu new leader of opposition Party CHP". National Turk. May 22, 2010.
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