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Faruk Nafız Özak

PEP · Politician

Faruk Nafız Özak 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 Nafız Özak · Фарук Нафиз Озак				[sources]
Alias	Faruk Nafiz Ozak · Faruk Nafiz Özak · Faruk Özak · Фарук Нафиз Озак				[sources]
Birth date	1946-04-19				[sources]
Place of birth	Trabzon				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Türkiye				[sources]
Citizenship	Türkiye				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Faruk				[sources]
Last name	Özak				[sources]
Political association	Justice and Development Party				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q932024				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Grand National Assembly (member, 2002-2007) · Grand National Assembly (member, 2007-2011) · member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey				[sources]
Education	Karadeniz Technical University				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-11	Last processed	2026-05-19	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Turkish athlete and statesperson (born 1946)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2026-01-07

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 Categories358,284

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,464

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons291,259

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-146e65d1-5dff-4dd9-b08a-c27b858b749f · evpo-15267a5a-bc66-447b-b532-542713f88d6f

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