Mehmet Tüm is a Turkish politician from the

Republican People's Party The Republican People's Party (RPP; , CHP ) is a Kemalism, Kemalist and Social democracy, social democratic political party in Turkey. It is the oldest List of political parties in Turkey, political party in Turkey, founded by Mustafa Kemal ...

(CHP) who currently serves as a Member of Parliament for the

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Balıkesir Balıkesir () is a city in the Marmara Region, Marmara region of Turkey. It is the seat of Balıkesir Province, which is also a Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality. As of 2022, the population of Balıkesir Province ...

since 7 June 2015. He was first elected in the June 2015 general election and was re-elected in the November 2015 general election. He is also a member of the CHP party council.

Early life and career

Mehmet Tüm was born on 1 January 1957 in

Kayseri Kayseri () is a large List of cities in Turkey, city in Central Anatolia, Turkey, and the capital of Kayseri Province, Kayseri province. Historically known as Caesarea (Mazaca), Caesarea, it has been the historical capital of Cappadocia since anc ...

and was educated at the Department of Construction and Technics at Kayseri Technical High School. He began working at the

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(now the Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning) and was sent to

for work reasons. While working at the ministry, he studied at the Necati Bey Evening Education Faculty. In 1990, Tüm founded Tüm Structures and Construction Limited, which began operations in the districts of

Bandırma Bandırma ()Greek: Panormos(Πανορμος)is a municipality and district of Balıkesir Province, northwestern Turkey. Its area is 755 km2, and its population is 167,363 (2024). Bandırma is located in the south of the Marmara Sea, in the ...

and Edremit.

Political career

Early career

Between 1994 and 1999, Tüm served as a member of the

(CHP) district executive in

, having been elected to the Bandırma Municipal Council in the 1994 local elections. In 2000, he served as the Balıkesir representative of the Social Democracy Foundation (SODEV) and later served as the SODEV's national general secretary.

Member of Parliament

For the June 2015 general election, Mehmet Tüm became the CHP's top candidate on the party's candidate lists for the

and was elected to

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. He stood again as a candidate for the November 2015 general election and was re-elected, again as the top CHP candidate on the party's provincial list. He is a member of the parliamentary Environment Commission.

References

External links

MP profile on the Grand National Assembly websiteCollection of all relevant news items at Haberler.com
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