Kubilay Uygun

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Kubilay Uygun (born 1955 in Ankara, died in 2016 Afyon) is a former Turkish politician known for switching parties during his single term in parliament (1995 - 1999). [1] In one month (July 1996) he had left his original Democratic Left Party (DSP) for the center-right True Path Party (DYP), rejoined the Democratic Left, and rejoined True Path. By the end of his term he had represented four different parties, finishing as an independent.

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Background

Uygun was born in Ankara in 1955, the son of Orhan Uygun, a Democrat Party deputy imprisoned for several years after the 1960 Turkish coup d'état. [2]

The 1960 Turkish coup d'état was the first coup d'état in the Republic of Turkey. The coup was staged by a group of 38 young Turkish military officers, acting outside the Staff Chiefs' chain of command. It was orchestrated by Alparslan Türkeş and ultimately led on May 27, 1960 by General Cemal Gürsel, against the democratically-elected government of the Democrat Party. Alparslan Türkeş was a member of the junta.

Career

Uygun was a member of the ultra-nationalist Grey Wolves. [2] In the 1980s he represented the True Path Party at local level, before switching to the Motherland Party (ANAP) in 1989. Uygun then ran for mayor of Sinanpaşa in 1994 on the ticket of the Republic People's Party. [3]

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Uygun was elected in 1995 to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey for the Democratic Left Party (DSP), winning his seat with 31,000 votes as the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) failed to reach the 10% threshold nationally, disqualifying the local candidate who had gained 39,000 votes. [4] Uygun began switching parties six months after he was elected, as the governing coalition collapsed. [5] In one month (July 1996) he had left the Democratic Left for the center-right True Path Party (DYP), rejoined the Democratic Left, and rejoined True Path. A year later he briefly switched to the far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), switching again to a newly created fourth party, the Democrat Turkey Party (DTP) a month later. [2] The MHP had referred Uygun to a disciplinary board after he had supported the government in a no-confidence vote, instead of abstaining as asked. [6] After he resigned from the DTP in June 1998, Parliament opened an investigation on charges of making a mockery of Parliament. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Hurriyet Daily News, 12 August 1998, Cetin: 'Political morals commission should be established to increase Parliament's respectability'
  2. 1 2 3 4 Emre Sonca, Zaman , 29 April 2005, Bana ‘fırıldak’ demeyin, derin devlet istediği için istifa ettim Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine .
  3. ↑ Faruk BİLDİRİCİ, Hurriyet , 21 July 1997, Zaten tombaladan çýkmýþtý
  4. ↑ Radikal , 11 June 1998, Her partiye 'Uygun'
  5. ↑ Hurriyet Daily News, 21 June 1996, Party loyalties fluid as crisis grows
  6. ↑ Hurriyet Daily News, 19 July 1997, MP quits for 5th time, possibly seeking to break records
  7. ↑ Hurriyet Daily News, 13 June 1998, Prosecutors start legal action against Turkey's wandering deputy
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