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Mehmet Işık

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Mehmet Işık
Member of the 22nd Parliament of Turkey
Personal details
BornGiresun, Turkey
DiedFebruary 10, 2022(2022-02-10) (aged 83–84)
Istanbul, Turkey
Political partyRepublican People's Party
OccupationPolitician

Mehmet Işık (1938, Giresun, Turkey – 10 February 2022, Istanbul, Turkey) was a Turkish politician.

Biography

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He graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Forestry. He worked as Regional Chief of Forestry, Directorate of Operations, Giresun and Isparta Regional Chief Directorate of Forestry, and Mayor of Giresun Municipality for two terms. He is Giresun Deputy of the 22th Term of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. He is married and has four children.[1]

He died on 10 February 2022 in Istanbul in the hospital where he was being treated.[2]

After Işık's death, his daughter Elvan Işık Gezmiş was elected as an MP for Giresun in the 2023 Turkish general elections and entered the Turkish Grand National Assembly.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Mehmet IŞIK". tbmm.gov.tr. Archived from the original on 2020-10-01.
  2. ^ GİRESUN, (DHA)-, Hakan KABAHASANOĞLU/ (2022-02-10). "Eski Giresun Belediye Başkanı Mehmet Işık hayatını kaybetti". www.hurriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-10-11.
  3. ^ "Elvan Işık Gezmiş Haberleri – Elvan Işık Gezmiş Kimdir". Haberler (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-10-11.