Sinan Oğan
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| Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
| In office 12 June 2011 – 7 June 2015 | |
| Constituency | Iğdır (2011) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 September 1967 Iğdır, Turkey |
| Political party | Independent (2017–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Nationalist Movement Party (2011–2017)[a] |
| Spouse | Gökçen Oğan[2] |
| Children | Göktürk, Zeynep[3] |
| Alma mater | Marmara University Moscow State Institute of International Relations |
Sinan Oğan (born 1 September 1967) is a Turkish politician who won a seat in the Turkish parliament in 2011 with the far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP).[4] He is the presidential candidate of the ATA Alliance for the 2023 Turkish presidential election.
Life and education
Oğan was born on 1 September 1967 in Iğdır, Turkey, in a family of Azerbaijani ethnicity.[5] He graduated from the Department of Management at Marmara University in 1989. From 1993 to 2000 Oğan worked as deputy dean at the Azerbaijan State Economic University.[6] From 1994 to 1998, he also served as a representative of the Turkish International Cooperation and Development Agency (TİKA) of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in an additional mission.
In 2000, he returned to Turkey and started working at the Center for Eurasian Strategic Studies on the Caucasus region. He laid the foundation for the Center of International Relations and Strategic Analysis TURKSAM. Oğan's books include ‘Azerbaijan’ which was published by Turkic World Research Foundation Publications in 1992, ‘Politics and Oligarchy’ published in Russia in 2003, and ‘Orange Revolutions’ published in 2006. He has also published more than 500 articles and analyses.[6] In 2009, Oğan obtained a PhD in international relations and political science from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations.[7]
He was elected as Iğdır deputy from the Nationalist Movement Party in the 2011 Turkish general elections. He was a member of the Turkey-Albania and Türkiye-Niger Parliamentary Friendship Groups and the Secretary General of the Turkey-Azerbaijan Parliamentary Friendship Group.
He was expelled from the Nationalist Movement Party on August 26, 2015 but won a lawsuit and returned to the party, only to be expelled again on November 2, 2015.
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He was nominated as the ATA Alliance candidate for the 2023 Turkish Presidential election, acquiring the necessary the 100,000 signatures to stand on March 26, 2023.
Awards and recognition
- 1992 Milliyet Newspaper Social Sciences Award
- 1993 Marmara University Academic Award of Excellence
- Turkic World Service Award from Eurasia Economic Relations Association
- Honor Award from the Federation of Oghuz Tribe Cultural Associations.
- 2011, he was awarded the Azerbaijan State Medal.[8]
- 2011 “Member of the Parliament (MP) of the Year” by the Telecommunication Workers Association.[9]
See also
Notes
References
- ^ "Sinan Oğan MHP'ye geri döndü" (in Turkish). 2 November 2015.
- ^ Sinan Oğan nerelidir Ajans Konya [dead link]
- ^ "İşte Sinan Oğanın eşi ve çocukları".
- ^ Azeri Elected to Turkish Parliament. Day.az. 13 June 2011.
- ^ Head of Turkey-Azerbaijan association becomes deputy of Turkish parliament Archived 2014-10-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "Sinan Oğan". Official page. Archived from the original on 27 October 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
- ^ Dr. Sinan OĞAN. Nationofturks.com.
- ^ Turkish MP visits Azerbaijan Tourism Institute Azertag.az
- ^ Sinan Oğan bir kez daha milletvekili seçildi Guvengazetesi.com.
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