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Zafer Çağlayan

Politician

Zafer Çağlayan is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Mehmet Zafer Çağlayan · Zafer Çağlayan · Зафер Чаглаян · محمد ظافر شاغليان				[sources]
Other name	Mehmet Zafer Caglayan · Zafer Caglayan · Zafer Çağlayan · Зафер Чаглаян · محمد ظافر شاغليان				[sources]
Birth date	1957-11-10				[sources]
Place of birth	Muş Province				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Türkiye				[sources]
Country	Türkiye				[sources]
Citizenship	Türkiye				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Mehmet · Zafer				[sources]
Last name	Çağlayan				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1585066				[sources]
Position	Grand National Assembly (member, 2007-2011) · Grand National Assembly (member, 2011-2015) · Member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey				[sources]
Education	Gazi University				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-10-02	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Turkish politician, government minister

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

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Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,079

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Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories375,911

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Every Politician58,326

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions546,670

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Wikidata349,391

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

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