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Meral Akşener

Politician

Meral Akşener 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	Meral Akshener · Meral Akşener · Meral Akşenerová · Μεράλ Ακσενέρ · Мерал Акшенер · 11 more...				[sources]
Alias	Meral Aksener · Meral Akşenerová · Meral Gürer · Μεράλ Ακσενέρ · Мерал Акшенер · 5 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Akşener · 梅拉尔·阿克塞奈尔 · 梅拉尔·阿克谢奈尔 · 梅爾·阿克蘇納				[sources]
Birth date	1956-07-08				[sources]
Place of birth	İzmit				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	Türkiye				[sources]
Country	Türkiye				[sources]
Citizenship	Türkiye				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Meral				[sources]
Last name	Akşener · Gürer				[sources]
Website	facebook.com · meralaksener.com.tr · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q434923				[sources]
Position	Grand National Assembly (member, 2007-2011) · Grand National Assembly (member, 2011-2015) · Grand National Assembly (member, 2015-2015) · Interior Minister of Turkey · Member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey				[sources]
Education	Istanbul University · Istanbul University Faculty of Letters · Marmara University				[sources]
Religion	Islam				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-01	Last processed	2025-12-01	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Turkish politician (born 1956)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-11-01

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Hasan Tahsin Argun Politician	granduncle · relative	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Grand National Assembly	2007-07-23	2011-06-28
Member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,128

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories198,585

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician57,742

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions515,989

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata357,112

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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