Mustafa Tuncer (born 31 October 1971) 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 served as a Member of Parliament for

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from 2015 to 2023. Before entering politics, Tuncer worked as a freelance lawyer.

Early years and career

Mustafa Tuncer was born on 31 October 1971 in

Merzifon Merzifon is a town in Amasya Province in the central Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of Merzifon District.

to Hüseyin Tuncer, a farmer, and his wife Gülbahar, a housewife. He completed his primary, secondary, and high-school education in Amasya. He graduated from

Istanbul University Istanbul University, also known as University of Istanbul (), is a Public university, public research university located in Istanbul, Turkey. Founded by Mehmed II on May 30, 1453, a day after Fall of Constantinople, the conquest of Constantinop ...

Faculty of Law. Tuncer has been a Freelance Lawyer in Mezrifon since June 1996. Between 2009 and 2012, Tuncer was an academic at the Merzifon Police School. Since 1997, he is member of the

Atatürkist Thought Association The Atatürkist Thought Association (, ADD) is a secularist organization that espouses Atatürkism, the ideas of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey. It was founded by Hıfzı Veldet Velidedeoğlu, Muammer Aksoy, Hüsn ...

(ADD), a secular organization that espouses the ideas of

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, the founder of modern Turkey. Married with two children, Mustafa Tuncer speaks semi-fluent French.

Political life

Tuncer began his political career in the

(CHP) in 1999, first as a member of the party's youth wing. He served in several different positions, before resigning to contest a seat in the

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(TBMM) in the forthcoming general election. Tuncer was elected as a CHP Member of Parliament for Amasya in the June 2015 general election. He was re-elected in and November 2015. Tuncer was one of 15 CHP deputies to join the

Good Party The Good Party (Turkish language, Turkish: ''İYİ Parti'') is a Turkish nationalism, nationalist, Kemalism, Kemalist and Conservatism, conservative List of political parties in Turkey, political party in Turkey, established on 25 October 2017 b ...

on 21 April 2018.

References

1971 births Living people Contemporary Republican People's Party (Turkey) politicians Good Party politicians Members of the 25th Parliament of Turkey Members of the 26th Parliament of Turkey Istanbul University Faculty of Law alumni {{Turkey-politician-stub