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Cengiz Çandar

PEP · Politician

Cengiz Çandar 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	Cengiz Candar · Cengiz Çandar · Osman Cengiz ÇANDAR · Osman Çingiz Çandar · Дженгиз Чандар · 1 more...				[sources]
Alias	Osman Cengiz Çandar				[sources]
Birth date	1948				[sources]
Place of birth	Ankara				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Türkiye				[sources]
Citizenship	Türkiye				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Cengiz				[sources]
Last name	Candar · Çandar				[sources]
Political association	DEM PARTİ · Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q3675375				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	enwiki.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (2023-)				[sources]
Education	Ankara University Faculty of Political Science · Tarsus American College				[sources]
Source link	www.tbmm.gov.tr				[sources]
Last change	2026-03-16	Last processed	2026-03-16	First seen	2024-10-17

Descriptions

Turkish journalist (born 1948)

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

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Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,648

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,727

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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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Wikidata327,310

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: tr-parl-8435a6629779a9d60db719beda61cd100c1e418f · tr-parl-osman-cengiz-candar-dem-parti

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