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Mustafa Balbay

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Mustafa Balbay 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	Mustafa Balbay · موستافا بالباى				[sources]
Alias	Mustafa Ali Balbay · موستافا بالبای				[sources]
Birth date	1960-08-08				[sources]
Place of birth	Burdur				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Türkiye				[sources]
Country	Türkiye				[sources]
Citizenship	Türkiye				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Mustafa				[sources]
Last name	Balbay				[sources]
Political association	Republican People's Party				[sources]
Website	twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q3671598				[sources]
Position	Grand National Assembly (member, 2011-2015) · Grand National Assembly (member, 2015-) · Grand National Assembly (member, 2015-2015) · member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey				[sources]
Education	Ege University				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-18	Last processed	2026-02-15	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Turkish journalist and statesperson (born 1960)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-11-07

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Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,691

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,633

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,779

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions499,633

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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