Ahmet Haluk Koç (born 3 October 1954) is a Turkish politician who serves as the spokesperson and deputy leader of the Republican People's Party (CHP) since 2012. He was a

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with Bicameralism, bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house ...

for

Samsun Samsun, historically known as Sampsounta ( gr, Σαμψούντα) and Amisos (Ancient Greek: Αμισός), is a city on the north coast of Turkey and is a major Black Sea port. In 2021, Samsun recorded a population of 710,000 people. The cit ...

between

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and 2015 and serves as an MP for Ankara's second electoral district as of 7 June 2015. He briefly served as deputy leader of the CHP between 22 May and 3 November 2010.

Early life and career

Born in

Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

to a family originating from the

Black Sea region The Black Sea Region ( tr, Karadeniz Bölgesi) is a geographical region of Turkey. The largest city in the region is Samsun. Other big cities are Trabzon, Ordu, Tokat, Giresun, Rize, Amasya and Sinop. It is bordered by the Marmara Region ...

of Turkey, Koç studied medicine at

Ankara University Ankara University ( tr, Ankara Üniversitesi) is a public university in Ankara, the capital city of Turkey. It was the first higher education institution founded in Turkey after the formation of the republic in 1923. The university has 40 vo ...

and became a specialist concerning internal illnesses and

hematology Hematology ( always spelled haematology in British English) is the branch of medicine concerned with the study of the cause, prognosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases related to blood. It involves treating diseases that affect the pro ...

. He became a

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in 1990 and a

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in 1996. He has had an excess of 200 articles published worldwide and has served as the President of the Turkish Hematology Association. He has previously chaired the European congress on bone and blood transplants.

Political career

In the 2002 general election, Koç was elected as a CHP MP from Samsun. He was re-elected in

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, 2011 and is facing re-election in June 2015. When

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu (born Kemal Karabulut, 17 December 1948) is a Turkish economist, retired civil servant and social democratic politician. He is leader of the Republican People's Party (CHP) and has been Leader of the Main Opposition in T ...

was elected leader of the CHP during the party's Ordinary Convention of 2010, Koç was appointed deputy leader of the party responsible for international relations. He resigned form this position on 3 November 2010. In 2012, he was reappointed deputy leader, this time responsible for public policy and concurrently serves as the party's spokesperson.

References

External links

MP profile at the Parliament websiteCollection of all relevant news items at Haberler.comTwitter Account
{{DEFAULTSORT:Koc, Haluk 1954 births Deputies of Samsun Ankara University alumni Contemporary Republican People's Party (Turkey) politicians Living people Politicians from Istanbul Members of the 24th Parliament of Turkey Members of the 23rd Parliament of Turkey Members of the 22nd Parliament of Turkey Members of the 25th Parliament of Turkey Members of the 26th Parliament of Turkey Members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

Early life and career

Political career

See also

References

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