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Faruk Çelik

Politician

Faruk 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	Faruk ÇELİK · Faruk Çelik · Фарук Челик · فاروق جيليك				[sources]
Alias	Faruk Celik · Фарук Челик · فاروق جيليك				[sources]
Birth date	1956-01-17				[sources]
Place of birth	Yusufeli				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Türkiye				[sources]
Country	Türkiye				[sources]
Citizenship	Türkiye				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Faruk				[sources]
Last name	Çelik				[sources]
Political association	AK Parti · Justice and Development Party · Virtue Party				[sources]
Website	twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q381715				[sources]
Position	Grand National Assembly (member, 2002-2007) · Grand National Assembly (member, 2007-2011) · Grand National Assembly (member, 2011-2015) · Grand National Assembly (member, 2015-) · member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey				[sources]
Education	Bursa Uludağ University				[sources]
Source link	www.tbmm.gov.tr				[sources]
Last change	2026-02-25	Last processed	2026-02-25	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Turkish statesperson (born 1956)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-12-27

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Grand National Assembly	2002-11-14	2007-07-23

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,278

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Türkiye Grand National Assembly593

Current members of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye

Türkiye · TBMM

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,633

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,351

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions500,062

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata326,576

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: tr-parl-faruk-celik-ak-parti · evpo-be45c5c7-bae9-48eb-b335-22cf4572e890

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