Zühtü Arslan (born 1 January 1964) is a high-ranked judge and the president of the

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since February 10, 2015. Arslan was born in Sorgun district of the

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. In 1987 he graduated from Ankara University The School of Political Sciences. He got his master's degree from

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in 1996. He later worked as a president of the Turkish National Police Academy. On February 10, 2015, he was elected as the deputy president of the court. He is married with four children.
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His page on the Constitutional Court's Web site
1964 births Living people People from Sorgun, Yozgat Turkish civil servants Turkish judges Presidents of the Constitutional Court of Turkey {{turkey-law-bio-stub