Hasan Bitmez (15 December 1969 – 14 December 2023) was a Turkish politician who was a member of the

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for the

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Personal life and death

Born in the town of

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on 15 December 1969, Bitmez attended Gebze Imam-Hatip High School in Istanbul, and went to college at

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. He was married and had one child. On 12 December 2023, Bitmez collapsed from a

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in parliament, moments after finishing a speech denouncing Israel in the context of the

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, saying that

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"will suffer the wrath of

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," and criticizing the ongoing relationship between Turkey's ruling

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(AKP) and Israel. While he collapsed, AKP members of parliament chanted "this is the wrath of Allah". He died at

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two days later, on 14 December at the age of 53, one day before his 54th birthday. He was buried at

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in Istanbul. Bitmez is the fourth MP in the history of Turkey to have died during or after an event that took place in the Assembly, following Halid Karsıalan, Mehmet Abdurrezak Ceylan, and Mehmet Fevzi Şıhanlıoğlu. Following his death, the Felicity and Future Alliance failed to maintain the 20-deputy quota to unify, and it subsequently fell apart. However, CHP Kütahya MP

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switched parties and refounded the group until the group dissolved to create

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External links

Official Website of Hasan Bitmez

Hasan Bitmez
on Twitter {{DEFAULTSORT:Bitmez, Hasan 1969 births 2023 deaths Al-Azhar University alumni Turkish expatriates in Egypt Felicity Party politicians Members of the 28th Parliament of Turkey People from Alucra Burials at Merkezefendi Cemetery

Personal life and death

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