Özgür Özel
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Key facts
- President
- Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
- Preceded by
- Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu
- Succeeded by
- Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu
- Constituency
- Manisa ( 2011 , June 2015 , Nov 2015 , 2018 , 2023 )
- Born
- ( 1974-09-21 ) 21 September 1974 (age 51) , Manisa , Turkey
- Party
- Republican People's Party
- Spouse
- Didem Özel
- Education
- Pharmacy
- Alma mater
- Ege University
- Website
- ozgurozel.org
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Turkey
- Place of birth
- Manisa
- Occupation
- pharmacist
- Educated at
- Ege University
- Political party
- Republican People's Party
- Languages spoken
- Turkish
- Native language
- Turkish
- Official website
- www.eczozgurozel.com/index.php
- Image
- Özgür Özel, 29 Mart 2026 05 (cropped).jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
Özgür Özel ( Turkish pronunciation: [œzˈɟyɾ œˈzæl]) (born 21 September 1974) is a Turkish pharmacist and politician who has served as leader of the Republican People's Party (CHP) since 2023. He had previously shared the parliamentary deputy group leadership of the CHP with Engin Altay and Levent Gök between 2015 and 2023. Following a court ruling in May 2026, his leadership of the CHP was subject to absolute nullification, triggering the 2026 Turkish absolute nullity crisis.
Özel has been an MP for the electoral district of Manisa since the 2011 general election and is well known for his activism concerning the rights of miners in Manisa Province. Since February 2024, he has served as vice president of the Socialist International.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Özgür Özel” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.