Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu (born 17 December 1948) is a Turkish former politician. He was the leader of the Republican People's Party (CHP) and the leader of the Main Opposition in Turkey. He has been the Member of Parliament for İstanbul since 2002.

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu MP
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu in 2023
Leader of the Main Opposition
In office 22 May 2010 – 5 November 2023
Preceded by	Deniz Baykal
Succeeded by	Özgür Özel
Leader of the Republican People's Party
In office 22 May 2010 – 5 November 2023
Preceded by	Deniz Baykal
Succeeded by	Özgür Özel
Member of the Turkish Parliament
In office 18 November 2002 – 14 May 2023
Personal details
Born	(1948-12-17) December 17, 1948 Nazimiye, Tunceli, Turkey
Nationality	Turkish
Political party	Republican People's Party
Spouse(s)	Selvi (Sevim) Kılıçdaroğlu
Children	Aslı Kılıçdaroğlu Nadir Zeynep Kılıçdaroğlu Kerem Kılıçdaroğlu
Residence	Ankara
Alma mater	Ankara Academy of Economics and Commercial Sciences
Profession	Bureaucrat
Website	kemalkilicdaroglu.com

He became popular with the documents about lawlessness. The CHP nominated him as candidate for Mayor of Istanbul in 2009 local elections, in which he gained 36.8% of all votes. Despite this result he could not be first. However this result was a big success for social democrats because they had not ruled Istanbul for many years and this city had become the power centre of AK Parti for long years. This popularity provided him with a great advantage. Upon Deniz Baykal's resignation in 2010, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu became the leader with a record voting rate.

Firstly he took part in the Turkish general election in 2011. The Republican People's Party gained 25.98% of all votes with an increase of about 6 points. However, this was not enough to be ruling party.

Other websites

Media related to Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu at Wikimedia Commons

• CHP official website Archived 2011-04-04 at the Wayback Machine (in English)