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Yılmaz Tunç

Politician

Yılmaz Tunç 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	Yilmaz TUNC · Yılmaz Tunç · Йылмаз Тунч · Յըլմազ Թունչ · يلماز طنتش · 1 more...				[sources]
Alias	Yilmaz Tunc · Тунч, Йылмаз · يلماز طنتش				[sources]
Birth date	1971-02-01				[sources]
Place of birth	Ulus				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Türkiye				[sources]
Country	Türkiye				[sources]
Citizenship	Türkiye				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Yılmaz				[sources]
Last name	Tunç				[sources]
Political association	Justice and Development Party				[sources]
Website	twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q17046592				[sources]
Position	Grand National Assembly (member, 2007-2011) · Grand National Assembly (member, 2011-2015) · Grand National Assembly (member, 2015-) · Grand National Assembly (member, 2015-2015) · Minister of Justice · 2 more...				[sources]
Education	Istanbul University Faculty of Law				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-18	Last processed	2026-02-15	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Turkish statesperson (born 1971)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2026-01-02

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey	-	-

Data sources

US CIA World Leaders10,958

An index of most national-level cabinet members in world governments that is publicly maintained by the CIA.

United States · CIA

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,633

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,310

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,199

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata326,240

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions505,060

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-turkey-yilmaz-tunc-minister-of-justice · evpo-1a1f4201-7962-48bb-870e-d45e3cb085d8

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