Gürsel Tekin

Gürsel Tekin MP
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General Secretary of the Republican People's Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 May 2014
Leader	Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu
Preceded by	Bihlun Tamaylıgil
Deputy leader of the Republican People's Party responsible for communications
In office 4 August 2010 – 14 September 2014
Leader	Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu
Member of the Grand National Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 June 2011
Constituency	İstanbul (I) (2011, June 2015, Nov 2015)
Personal details
Born	(1964-01-06) 6 January 1964 Ardahan, Turkey
Political party	Republican People's Party

Gürsel Tekin (born in 6 January 1964 in Ardahan, Turkey) is a Turkish politician and vice-president of Republican People's Party (Turkish: Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (CHP) ).

Biography

Gürsel Tekin was born in Ardahan, Turkey. Tekin received his high school diploma from Kars Alparslan Lisesi (Kars Alparslan High School). Then he studied Turkish Literature Faculty at Atatürk Üniversitesi but he didn't finish his school because of economic problems. Then he came to Istanbul for his military service.

Political career

First he was the member of SODEP (Social Democracy Party) (Turkish: Sosyal Demokrasi Partisi). Then SODEP fused with HP to become SHP. In 1995 SHP and CHP came together. In 1999 Tekin became vice-mayor of Kadıköy and also in 1999 and 2004 he entered in Istanbul Municipality Council. Then in 2007 he became the provincial CHP chairman of Istanbul Province. 2007 he has applied unsuccessfully to become a convention refugee in Canada against Turkish Government. Gürsel Tekin also worked with Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on local elections in 2009. In 4 August 2010 he was chosen vice-president for the party. He won a leadership to being close to Kılıçdaroğlu.

References

• Meclis üyesi Gürsel Tekin, İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi
• Gürsel Tekin, CHP İstanbul İl Başkanlığı
• CHP İstanbul İl Başkanı Gürsel Tekin oldu, NetHaber
• Gürsel Tekin biyografisi, OKimdir.com