Daily Archives: May 5, 2012

Kilicdaroglu Calls for a Stop to the Bloodshed

Posted on May 5, 2012 by CHP EU Representation

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Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu paid a visit to the Istanbul home of the family of a soldier who was killed recently in the southeast, and said the bloodshed must be stopped. “The martyr’s mother said … Continue reading →

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CHP Leader Kilicdaroglu Visits Bosnia

Posted on May 5, 2012 by CHP EU Representation

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Chairman Kilicdaroglu visited war-torn Balkan state of Bosnia-Herzegovina, where he made very important statements regarding CHP’s foreign policy. As usual, journalists were also curious about Kilicdaroglu’s views on domestic topics. CHP Kilicdaroglu emphasized the evolution in CHP: “During a visit … Continue reading →

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Will Erdogan Keep Speaker Çiçek’s Promise?

Posted on May 5, 2012 by CHP EU Representation

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Speaker of the Grand Assembly Cemil Çicek ushered a compromise among the 4 parties represented in the parliament to amend the Felony Courts Procedures Law to open the way for the release of the 8 deputies currently in custody pending … Continue reading →

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Kilicdaroglu Joins Protest to Shut Down Publicly Funded Theatres

Posted on May 5, 2012 by CHP EU Representation

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On 29 April CHP chairman Kilicdaroglu joined a protest by actors and artist to stop the impending privatization of the publicly funded theaters. “In a recent play inTurkey, two actors wore trench coats in their role as assassins posing as … Continue reading →

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CHP President Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu was born in Nazimiye District of Tunceli Province in 1948. He continued his primary and secondary education in various places like Erciş, Tunceli, Genç and Elazığ. He studied economics at Ankara University in Ankara, from which he graduated in 1971.
After university, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu entered the Ministry of Finance as deputy accountant. He was later promoted to accountant and sent to France for additional professional training. In 1983, he was appointed deputy director general of Revenue Administration attached to the same ministry. In 1991, Kılıçdaroğlu became director general of the social security administration, Bağ-Kur. The following year he was appointed director general of the other social security administration, SSK. Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu was named in 1994 "Civil Servant of the Year" by the weekly periodical "Ekonomik Trend”. Before retiring in 1999, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu had served for a while as the deputy undersecretary in Ministry of Labor and Social Security.
He taught in Hacettepe University for a short period. He chaired the ad-hoc committe of informal economy, established during the preperatory works for Turkey’s 8th five–year Economic Development Plan. He was one of the Board Members of Turkish Is Bank.
Following the 2002 general elections, he entered Parliament as member of parliament from Istanbul. He was re-elected to parliament in 2007. He became the deputy speaker of his party's parliamentary group. Kılıçdaroğlu was elected as Chairman of Republican People’s Party at the Party’s Congress in Istanbul on May 22nd.
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