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Zeki Çeler

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Zeki Çeler (born 4 March 1981) is a Turkish Cypriot politician. He was born in Kyrenia, Northern Cyprus. He was the youngest Turkish Cypriot member of the parliament of TRNC in 2013 .[1] He represents the Girne District and is a member of the Communal Democracy Party. He was a minister of Labour and Social Security during the four party coalition between 2018 and 2019. He is well known for making May 1 the Labour Day holiday for all workers in north Cyprus. He joined municipal elections in Kyrenia 2022 as an independent candidate and got 32.5% of the votes against the government party's (33%) and main opposition parties' (34%) candidates. Now he is head of Social Democrats TDP (Toplumcu Demokrasi Partisi).

2013 Parliamentary elections in the TRNC

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At the parliamentary elections which were held on 28 July 2013, Zeki Çeler became the youngest member of parliament in the TRNC.[2]

References

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  1. ^ TAK, KIBRIS. "MECLİS'İN YÜZDE 46'SI YENİ İSİMLERDEN".
  2. ^ "Press and Information Office - Turkish Press". www.moi.gov.cy. Retrieved 2015-04-05.