Mustafa Sarıgül

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Mustafa Sarıgül
Mayor of Şişli
In office
1999 – Incumbent
Personal details
Born 1956
İliç, Erzincan Province, Turkey
Political party Republican People's Party
Spouse(s) Aylin Kotil (Second Wife, Divorced, 2008)
Residence Şişli, Istanbul
Religion Muslim
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Mustafa Sarıgül (born 1956 in İliç, Erzincan Province, Turkey), is the mayor of the Şişli district in Istanbul, where he was elected as the candidate of Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi for the past two terms.

However, as a member of the CHP he became a known figure of the internal opposition against then party leader Deniz Baykal. It also has been announced that he will not be shown as a candidate for CHP in any other national or local elections again.

Mustafa Sarıgül was involved in fist fight with some of the delegates during the 2005 General Assembly of CHP that tarnished his potentials to get involved with national politics of Turkey.[1]

Mustafa Sarıgül got divorced from his second wife Aylin Kotil in 2008. [2]

It was announced in 2008 that he would officially join the DSP.[3]

He is the author of two books; "TBMM'de Bir Milletvekili" and "İstanbul'da Direksiyon Sallamak"..[4]

In 2009 he formed a new political movement called the Turkish Change Movement (Türkiye Değişim Hareketi) and started work towards forming it into a political party. However, following Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu's succession to CHP's leadership in 2010, he announced that this created an opportunity for change in the CHP, and that he would not form a new party.[5]

He is running for mayor of the metropolitan municipality of Istanbul from the Republican People's Party in the local elections of 2014.

Corruption Charges

Sarigul was elected to parliament in 1987 and became the youngest MP in Turkish parliament as member of SHP. Another MP from SHP, Tevfik Kocak, made application on 30th October 1989 to the parliament to investigate corruption and bribery charges related to the procurement of military aircraft. Claims are made later by Tevfik Kocak that Sarigul made another application to the parliament falsifying Kocak's signature to withdraw the application to investigate the corruption charges. Sarigul was dismissed from SHP in 1992.[6]

Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi prepared a report in 2005 with details of bribery and corruption claims in Sisli municipality. He was dismissed from CHP in 2005. [7]

Can Atakli, a columnist who applied to CHP to run for mayor-ship of Istanbul in 2013, questioned Sarigul's connections with Soros and Gulen Movement, requesting Sarigul to publicize the financial support he receives from businessmen.[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Iste 13. CHP Kongre Muharebesi Fotograflari (Turkish)
  2. ↑ Sarigul'un Ayrildigi Esi Aylin Kotil Ilk Kez Konustu (Turkish)
  3. ↑ Mustafa Sarıgül, resmen DSP'de (Turkish)
  4. ↑ reference of his books (Turkish)
  5. ↑ "'CHP'ye destek vereceğiz'" ['We will support the CHP']. Cumhuriyet (in Turkish). June 22, 2010. Retrieved June 23, 2010. 
  6. ↑ "Mustafa Sarıgül’ü Baykal’dan önce Erdal İnönü ihraç etmiş!". 
  7. ↑ "Baykal: Corrupt Sarıgül can't take Atatürk's post". 
  8. ↑ "MUSTAFA SARIGÜL'E CAN ALICI SORULAR". 


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