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Tuncer Bakırhan

PEP · Politician

Tuncer Bakırhan 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	Tuncer BAKIRHAN · Tuncer Bakırhan · Тунджер Бакирган · Тунджер Бакырхан				[sources]
Alias	Tuncer Bakirhan · Бакырхан, Тунджер				[sources]
Birth date	1970				[sources]
Place of birth	Kars / Susuz · Kayadibi				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Türkiye				[sources]
Citizenship	Türkiye				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Tuncer				[sources]
Political association	DEM PARTİ · Democratic People's Party · Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q6041643				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	enwiki.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Co-leader of the DEM Party (2023-) · chairperson (2003-2005) · mayor of Siirt (2014-2016) · member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (2023-)				[sources]
Education	Bursa Uludağ University				[sources]
Source link	www.tbmm.gov.tr				[sources]
Last change	2026-03-16	Last processed	2026-03-20	First seen	2024-09-05

Descriptions

Turkish statesperson (born 1970)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-12-28

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Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,548

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,763

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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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Wikidata327,369

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: tr-parl-a7ae84760237274171a26711a4b51b98f9e972d7 · tr-parl-tuncer-bakirhan-dem-parti

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