Metin Kaşıkoğlu

Metin Kasikoglu
Member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
In office
2002–2011
Personal details
Born (1966-01-03) 3 January 1966
PartyAKP
Other political
affiliations
DEVA
Alma materIstanbul University

Metin Kaşıkoğlu (born 3 January 1966, Düzce) is a Turkish jurist and politician and a former member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey for the Justice and Development Party (AKP). He is a co-founder of the Democracy and Progress Party (DEVA).[1]

Early life and education

He studied law at the Istanbul University following which he worked as an independent lawyer. In his early political career, he became a Member of the Municipal Council of Dücze.[2]

Political career

As the head of the AKP of Düzce, he supported the Mehmet Keleş during his successful candidacy to the mayorship of Düzce in 2014.[3] He was elected to the Grand National Assembly representing the AKP for Düzce in 2002[4] and 2007.[5] In January 2021 he was made a member of the Dispute Resolution Board of the DEVA party led by Ali Babacan.[6] In reaction to the People's Democratic Party's (HDP) acknowledgement of the Armenian genocide he wished the party their extinction as well.[1][7]

Personal life

Kaşıkoğlu is married and has three children.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "DEVA founder targets HDP for remembering Armenian genocide: I hope you become extinct too". www.duvarenglish.com. 2021-04-25. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  2. ^ a b "Metin Kaşıkoğlu Kimdir ? - Metin Kaşıkoğlu Hayatı ve Biyografisi". www.haberler.com. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  3. ^ "2014 yerel seçim sonuçları". Memleket (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  4. ^ "PARTİ İL SEÇİM SONUÇLARI". secim.haberler.com. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  5. ^ "Düzce SEÇİM SONUÇLARI". secim.haberler.com. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  6. ^ "DEVA Party's 'A Team' has been announced! Babacan appointed 5 top advisers". 11 January 2021.
  7. ^ "DEVA Partili Kaşıkçıoğlu'ndan HDP'ye: Umarım soyunuz tükenir". www.cumhuriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-04-28.