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Ömer Çelik

PEP · Politician

Ömer Çelik 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	Ömer ÇELİK · Ömer Çelik · Ömər Çelik · Омер Челик · Օմեր Չելիք · 5 more...				[sources]
Alias	Omer Celik · Ömər Çelik · Омер Челик · Օմեր Չելիք · عمر جيليك · 2 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	厄梅爾·切利克				[sources]
Birth date	1968-06-15				[sources]
Place of birth	Adana				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Country	Türkiye				[sources]
Citizenship	Türkiye				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Ömer				[sources]
Last name	Çelik				[sources]
Political association	AK Parti · Justice and Development Party				[sources]
Website	twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q297516				[sources]
Position	Chief Negotiator for Turkish Accession to the European Union (2016-2018) · Grand National Assembly (member, 2002-2007) · Grand National Assembly (member, 2007-2011) · Grand National Assembly (member, 2011-2015) · Grand National Assembly (member, 2015-) · 5 more...				[sources]
Education	Gazi University				[sources]
Source link	www.tbmm.gov.tr				[sources]
Last change	2026-03-29	Last processed	2026-03-29	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Turkish journalist and statesperson (born 1968)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-12-29

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Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,554

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories340,414

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons272,208

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Türkiye Grand National Assembly593

Current members of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye

Türkiye · TBMM

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions500,331

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata328,063

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: tr-parl-omer-celik-ak-parti · evpo-38cb391f-bb87-4295-b121-47179b8c1d58 · tr-parl-5d344e7ea2404481eb1e0038d4bd0a2dd15eb0ae

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