Deniz Baykal
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Deniz Baykal MP Ph.D. |
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Speaker of the Grand National Assembly Interim |
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In office 17 November 2015 – 22 November 2015 |
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| President | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
| Preceded by | İsmet Yılmaz |
| Succeeded by | İsmail Kahraman |
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In office 23 June 2015 – 1 July 2015 |
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| President | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
| Preceded by | Cemil Çiçek |
| Succeeded by | İsmet Yılmaz |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey | |
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In office 31 October 1995 – 6 March 1996 |
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| Prime Minister | Tansu Çiller |
| Preceded by | Necmettin Cevheri |
| Succeeded by | Nahit Menteşe |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
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In office 19 November 2002 – 22 May 2010 |
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| Prime Minister |
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Abdullah Gül |
| Preceded by | Tansu Çiller |
| Succeeded by | Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu |
| 34th Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 31 October 1995 – 6 March 1996 |
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| Prime Minister | Tansu Çiller |
| Preceded by | Ali Coşkun Kırca |
| Succeeded by | Emre Gönensay |
| Vice President of Socialist International | |
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In office 31 October 2003 – 2 July 2008 |
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| President |
António Guterres George Papandreou |
| Country |
 Turkey
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| Preceded by | Erdal İnönü |
| Succeeded by | Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu |
| Leader of the Republican People's Party | |
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In office 30 September 2000 – 10 May 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Altan Öymen |
| Succeeded by | Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu |
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In office 9 September 1995 – 23 May 1999 |
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| Preceded by | Hikmet Çetin |
| Succeeded by | Altan Öymen |
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In office 9 September 1992 – 18 February 1995 |
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| Preceded by | Bülent Ecevit |
| Succeeded by | Hikmet Çetin |
| Minister of Energy and Natural Resources | |
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In office 5 January 1978 – 12 November 1979 |
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| Prime Minister | Bülent Ecevit |
| Preceded by | Kamran İnan |
| Succeeded by | Ahmet Esat Kıratlıoğlu |
| Minister of Finance | |
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In office 26 January 1974 – 17 November 1974 |
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| Prime Minister | Bülent Ecevit |
| Preceded by | Sadık Tekin Müftüoğlu |
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| Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
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Assumed office 14 November 2002 |
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| Constituency | Antalya (2002, 2007, 2011, June 2015, Nov 2015) |
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In office 14 December 1987 – 18 April 1999 |
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| Constituency | Antalya (1987, 1991, 1995) |
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In office 14 October 1973 – 12 September 1980 |
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| Constituency | Antalya (1973, 1977) |
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July 20, 1938 Antalya, Turkey |
| Political party |
Republican People's Party (1973–1980, 1992–present) Social Democratic People's Party (1987–1992) |
| Spouse(s) | Olcay Baykal |
| Alma mater |
University of Ankara University of California Columbia University |
| Religion | Islam |
Deniz Baykal (born 20 July 1938) is a Turkish politician from the Republican People's Party (CHP) who served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1995 to 1996. Having served in numerous government positions, Baykal led the CHP from 1992 to February 1995, from September 1995 to 1999 and again from 2000 to 2010. Between 2002 and 2010, he also served as the Leader of the Opposition by virtue of leading the second largest party in Parliament.
First elected to Parliament in 1973, Baykal went on to serve as Minister of Finance in the CHP-MSP coalition of 1974 and as Minister of Energy and Natural Resources in the third government of Bülent Ecevit from 1978 to 1979. With the CHP shut down during the 1980 Turkish coup d'état, Baykal was briefly imprisoned before being elected to Parliament once again in 1987 from the new Social Democratic People's Party (SHP).
Baykal was one of the leading members of the re-established CHP, which was founded again in 1992. He served as the party's leader until 1995, when the CHP and SHP merged during a convention. He was re-elected leader in September 1995, after which Baykal contested the 1995 general election and formed a coalition government with Tansu Çiller's True Path Party. He served concurrently as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs between 1995 and 1996. Leading the CHP into a landslide defeat in the 1999 general election, Baykal resigned after the party was entirely ejected from Parliament for failing to surpass the 10% election threshold. Regardless, he was re-elected as leader in 2000 and led the party to a moderate success in the 2002 general election, becoming the Leader of the Opposition. He resigned as leader in 2010 after the release of a video of Baykal's private relationship with another CHP MP.
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