Gürsel Tekin


Gürsel Tekin is a Turkish politician and vice-president of Republican People's Party.

Biography

Gürsel Tekin was born in Ardahan, Turkey. Tekin received his high school diploma from Kars Alparslan Lisesi. Then he studied Turkish Literature Faculty at Atatürk Üniversitesi but he did not continue to school because of economic problems. Then he came to Istanbul for his military service.

Political career

First he was the member of SODEP . Then SODEP fused with HP to become SHP. In 1995 SHP and CHP came together. In 1999 Tekin became vice-mayor of Kadıköy and also in 1999 and 2004 he entered in Istanbul Municipality Council. Then in 2007 he became the provincial CHP chairman of Istanbul Province. Gürsel Tekin also worked with Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on local elections in 2009. On 4 August 2010 he was chosen vice-president for the party.