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Dengir Mir Mehmet Fırat
Turkish politician (1943–2019) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dengir Mir Mehmet Fırat (8 August 1943 – 11 July 2019) was a Turkish politician of Kurdish origin who was one of the founders of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in 2001. He served as a Member of Parliament for the Grand National Assembly from 1999 to 2011 and again from 2015 to 2018 as a member of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP).
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Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
In office 7 June 2015 – 7 July 2018 | |
Constituency | Mersin (June 2015, Nov 2015) |
In office 18 April 1999 – 12 June 2011 | |
Constituency | Adıyaman (1999) Mersin (2002) Adana (2007) |
Deputy leader of the Justice and Development Party | |
In office 10 August 2001 – 7 November 2008 | |
Leader | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Abdulkadir Aksu |
Personal details | |
Born | (1943-08-08)8 August 1943 Kahta, Adıyaman, Turkey |
Died | 11 July 2019(2019-07-11) (aged 75) |
Political party | Virtue Party (FP) 1999-2001 Justice and Development Party (AKP) 2001-2014 Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) 2015-2019 |
Alma mater | Ankara University, Law School |
Occupation | Politician |
Profession | Lawyer |
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