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Mehmet Şimşek

Politician

Mehmet Şimşek 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	Mehmet SIMSEK · Mehmet Şimşek · Mehmet Şimşək · Мехмет Шимшек · Մեհմեթ Շիմշեք · 3 more...				[sources]
Alias	Mehmet Simsek · Мехмет Шимшек · محمد شيمشك · مەھمەت شىمشەك				[sources]
Birth date	1967-01-01				[sources]
Place of birth	Arıca				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Türkiye				[sources]
Country	Türkiye				[sources]
Citizenship	United Kingdom · Türkiye				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Mehmet				[sources]
Last name	Şimşek				[sources]
Website	twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q945364				[sources]
Position	Grand National Assembly (member, 2007-2011) · Grand National Assembly (member, 2011-2015) · Grand National Assembly (member, 2015-) · Grand National Assembly (member, 2015-2015) · Member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (2007-2018) · 3 more...				[sources]
Education	Ankara University · University of Exeter				[sources]
Ethnicity	Kurds				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2025-11-04	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Turkish economist and politician (born 1967)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-11-04

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Grand National Assembly	2015-11-17	-
Member of the Grand National Assembly	2007-07-23

Data sources

Every Politician57,742

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US CIA World Leaders11,009

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Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,144

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories381,011

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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Wikidata353,686

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,185

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-turkey-mehmet-simsek-minister-of-treasury-finance · evpo-f2c90f9f-1701-447a-b849-4a4640af1017

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