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Hasan Murat Mercan

Politician

Hasan Murat Mercan 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	Hasan Murat Mercan · ハサン・ムラット・メルジャン · 哈桑·穆拉特·默坎				[sources]
Other name	ハサン・ムラット・メルジャン				[sources]
Birth date	1959				[sources]
Place of birth	Ağrı Province				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Türkiye				[sources]
Country	Türkiye				[sources]
Citizenship	Türkiye				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Hasan				[sources]
Last name	Mercan				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q6040684				[sources]
Position	Grand National Assembly (member, 2002-2007) · Grand National Assembly (member, 2007-2011) · Member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey · Representative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (2003-2008) · substitute member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (2008-2008)				[sources]
Last change	2025-08-27	Last processed	2025-10-02	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Turkish politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

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

Every Politician58,326

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Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,079

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Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories375,919

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Wikidata · non-official source

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata349,411

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-turkey-hasan-murat-mercan-ambassador-to-the-us · evpo-50e3bbd0-bfc5-4446-876a-88acf66adcfc

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