Serkan Bayram (born 1 April 1974) is a

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politician and lawyer. He is currently serving as an MP in the Turkish Grand Assembly (

: ''Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi'', abbreviated as TBMM) with the

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(AK Party).

Early life and career

Serkan Bayram was born on 1 April 1974 in the village of

Refahiye Refahiye is a town in Erzincan Province in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey. It is the seat of Refahiye District.

in the province of

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to Mustafa Bayram and his wife Emina. After graduating from the Law Faculty of

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in 1996, Bayram worked as a lawyer. In 2000, he received a master's degree from the

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. He worked as a columnist in several newspapers. He has two children and he can speak French.

Member of parliament

Bayram joined the

(AK Party), and entered the

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(TBMM) as a deputy from

after the

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on June 7, 2015. He was re-elected in November 2015. As a member of parliament, Bayram is a member of the parliamentary Security and intelligence Commission. Now, he works as

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's lawyer.

References

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