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Köksal Toptan

Politician

Köksal Toptan 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	Köksal Toptan · Кёксал Топтан · كوكسال توپتان · 托普坦				[sources]
Alias	Koksal Toptan · Кёксал Топтан				[sources]
Weak alias	Toptan				[sources]
Birth date	1943				[sources]
Place of birth	Rize				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Türkiye				[sources]
Country	Türkiye				[sources]
Citizenship	Türkiye				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Köksal				[sources]
Last name	Toptan				[sources]
Political association	Justice and Development Party				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q725762				[sources]
Position	Grand National Assembly (member, 2002-2007) · Grand National Assembly (member, 2007-2011) · Grand National Assembly (member, 2011-2015) · Minister of National Education (1991-1993) · Speaker of the Grand National Assembly (2007-2009) · 2 more...				[sources]
Education	Istanbul University · Istanbul University Faculty of Law				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-01	Last processed	2026-01-01	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Turkish attorney and statesperson (born 1943)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2026-01-01

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Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,250

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories384,631

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Dataset of National Legislators57,731

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

Global · MySociety · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata355,577

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,384

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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