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Deniz Baykal

Diplomat · PEP · Politician

Deniz Baykal 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	Deniz Baykal · Dəniz Baykal · Ντενίζ Μπαϊκάλ · Дениз Байкал · Դենիզ Բայքալ · 7 more...				[sources]
Alias	Dəniz Baykal · Ντενίζ Μπαϊκάλ · Дениз Байкал · دنيز بايقال · دنيز بايكال · 4 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Baykal · 代尼兹·巴伊卡尔 · 德尼茲·巴伊卡爾				[sources]
Birth date	1938-07-20				[sources]
Place of birth	Antalya				[sources]
Death date	2023-02-11				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Country	Türkiye				[sources]
Citizenship	Türkiye				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Deniz				[sources]
Last name	Baykal				[sources]
Political association	Republican People's Party · Social Democracy Party (Turkey) · Social Democratic Populist Party				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q381297				[sources]
Position	Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey (1995-1996) · Grand National Assembly (member, 2002-2007) · Grand National Assembly (member, 2007-2011) · Grand National Assembly (member, 2011-2015) · Grand National Assembly (member, 2015-) · 7 more...				[sources]
Education	Ankara University Law School · Columbia University · Doctor of Philosophy · University of California				[sources]
Religion	Islam				[sources]
Last change	2026-03-16	Last processed	2026-03-24	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Turkish attorney and statesperson (1938–2023)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-12-30

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Olcay Baykal Close Associate	spouse	1963	2023-02-11

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey	1995-10-31	1996-03-06

Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,554

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons272,208

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions500,008

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata328,049

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-64644586-aaec-42b2-8a12-ca82928feeda

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