Eylül University (DEÜ) is a university in İzmir,Turkey. It was founded in 1982 and is organized in 15 faculties. DEU is the first university which applied the problem-based learning method in Turkey,beginning in the School of Medicine in 1997.
The Nationalist Movement Party is a Turkish far-right,ultranationalist political party. The group is often described as neo-fascist,and has been linked to violent paramilitaries and organized crime groups. Its leader is Devlet Bahçeli.
Devlet Bahçeli is a Turkish politician,economist,former deputy prime minister,and current chairman of the far-right,ultranationalist Nationalist Movement Party (MHP).
Gürsel Tekin is a Turkish politician of Kurdish descent and vice-president of Republican People's Party (CHP).
Meral Akşener is a Turkish politician,teacher,historian and academic who is the founder and current leader of the Good Party.
Kutbettin Arzu was a Turkish politician who served as the Minister of Food,Agriculture and Livestock in the interim election government formed by Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu between 28 August and 17 November 2015. He was a Justice and Development Party (AKP) politician,having served as a Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Diyarbakır between 2007 and 2011. He was the AKP's mayoral candidate for Diyarbakır in the 2009 local elections,but lost to the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP).
The 2016 Nationalist Movement Party Extraordinary Congresses referred to two party conventions of the Turkish Nationalist Movement Party (MHP),the first of which was held on 19 June 2016,in order to vote on proposed changes to the MHP party constitution and elect a new leader. The congress was initially intended to be held on 15 May 2016 after enough delegates submitted the required signatures,however it was delayed after judiciary conflicts between different courts. After the final decision by Court of Cassation allowing the congress to go ahead,the party executive announced that an extraordinary congress with a leadership election would be held on 10 July while the invitation committee formed by the court declared that the constitutional extraordinary congress would occur on 19 June 2016. Although the MHP executive declared the congress to be against the MHP constitution and legally flawed,the first Congress was held as planned by the inner-party opposition,with a unanimous vote to change the constitution being achieved. The second congress was delayed after judiciary intervention requested by MHP officials,along with a formal request from the Supreme Electoral Council (YSK). The congress was eventually not held,prompting the dissidents to resign and join forces under a new party,namely the Good Party.
The Turkish local elections of 2019 were held on Sunday 31 March 2019 throughout the 81 provinces of Turkey. A total of 30 metropolitan and 1,351 district municipal mayors,alongside 1,251 provincial and 20,500 municipal councillors were elected,in addition to numerous local non-partisan positions such as neighbourhood representatives (muhtars) and elderly people's councils.
Ümit Özdağ is a Turkish politician and the current leader of the Victory Party.
The Good Party is a nationalist and Kemalist political party in Turkey,established on 25 October 2017 by its current leader Meral Akşener. The party's name and flag is a reference to the tamga of the Kayıtribe.
Presidential elections were held in Turkey on 24 June 2018 as part of the 2018 general election,alongside parliamentary elections on the same day. They were the first presidential elections held after constitutional amendments were approved in a 2017 referendum.
Parliamentary elections were held in Turkey on 24 June 2018 as part of general elections,with presidential elections taking place on the same day. Originally scheduled for 27 October 2019,President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called snap elections on 18 April after months of speculation. With the passage of a series of constitutional amendments in the 2017 referendum,the number of MPs will be increased from the previous 550 to 600. These representatives will be elected by the constituents of the 87 electoral districts of Turkey by party-list proportional representation.
Fırat Yılmaz Çakıroğlu was a 24-year-old Turkish nationalist student from Akşehir,Konya. He was murdered after an argument he had with left-wing students in Ege University on 20 February 2015. Another student in Ege University,Nurullah Semo was convicted of his murder.
Hişyar Özsoy,is a Turkish politician and academic of Kurdish descent. He is a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP)
Zeki Eker is a Turkish politician of Kurdish origin. He was the MP for Muşin the 21st Parliament of Turkey,representing the Democratic Left Party. During his time as MP,he served as the administrative chief of the parliamentary council. He is the leader of the Badıkan Tribe,one of the oldest tribes in Turkey. The roots of his tribe can be traced to Badh ibn Dustak,the founder of the Marwanids. Muşspor football club (1990–1991) reached the championship only once in its history,which was during the presidency of Zeki Eker.
Vedat Bilgin is a Turkish sociologist,academic,bureaucrat,writer and former Turkish Minister of Labor and Social Security.
Mehmet Metiner is a Turkish-Kurdish journalist,writer,and politician. He started his political career as an Islamist but joined many parties during his career.
Ahmet Akın is a Turkish businessman and politician. He has served as a member of the Turkish parliament for Balıkesir during the 25th,26th,and 27th terms. He is also the deputy chairman responsible for local governments at the Republican People's Party (CHP).
Hasan Tahsin Gökcan is a Turkish judge. He graduated in 1987 from Ankara University Faculty of Law. He started his career as a candidate for Ankara judgeship,then served as Fındıklı,Tuzluca and Bozüyük judge and then as a Court of Cassation examining judge. On February 24,2011,he was appointed as a member of the Court of Cassation and while he was a member of the 4th Criminal Chamber of the Court of Cassation,he was among the candidates nominated by the general assembly of the Court of Cassation for the membership of the Constitutional Court of Turkey and was appointed as a member of the Constitutional Court of Turkey by President Abdullah Gül on March 17,2014. On March 26,2019,he was elected as the deputy president of the Constitutional Court of Turkey,effective from April 10,2019.
Cezmi Polat is a Turkish politician and contractor.
