Mustafa Şentop

Mustafa Şentop (born on 6 August 1968) is a Turkish politician from the Justice and Development Party (AKP) who has served as the Member of Parliament for İstanbul in the 24, 25, 26. Legislative Terms; for Tekirdağ in the 27. Legislative Term. 2012-2015 Deputy Chairman of AKP. Chairman of Committee on Constitution in the 26th Legislative Term. 08 July 2018-24 February 2019 Deputy Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. On 24 February 2019, he was elected as the 29th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly.

Mustafa Şentop

Speaker of the GNAT
29th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Assumed office
24 February 2019
PresidentRecep Tayyip Erdoğan
DeputySüreyya Sadi Bilgiç
Levent Gök
Mithat Sancar
Celal Adan
Preceded byBinali Yıldırım
Deputy Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
In office
12 July 2018 – 24 February 2019
SpeakerBinali Yıldırım
Serving withLevent Gök
Mithat Sancar
Celal Adan
Preceded byAhmet Aydın
Succeeded bySüreyya Sadi Bilgiç
Deputy leader of the Justice and Development Party
responsible for election campaigns
In office
30 September 2012 – 12 September 2015
LeaderRecep Tayyip Erdoğan
Ahmet Davutoğlu
Preceded byZelkif Kazdal
Succeeded byBekir Bozdağ
Member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Assumed office
12 June 2011
Constituencyİstanbul (III) (2011, June 2015, Nov 2015)
Personal details
Born (1968-08-06) 6 August 1968
Tekirdağ, Turkey
Nationality Turkey
Political partyJustice and Development Party
Alma materİstanbul University
Marmara University
WebsiteOfficial website

Early life and career

Mustafa Şentop was born on 6 August 1968 in Tekirdağ. He graduated from İstanbul University Faculty of Law and took masters degree and a doctorate in the field of public law at Marmara University. In 1993, he started to work in Marmara University Faculty of Law as research assistant. He got PhD title in 2002, became associate professor in 2005 and professor in 2011. Apart from Marmara University, he gave undergraduate and post graduate lectures in various universities. He took several administrative functions in Marmara University. Beginning from university years, he functioned as writer and editor in various journals and was the member of editorial board of academic journals and editor of referred journals. He also served as the Chairman of Istanbul Branch of the Economic and Social Research Centre (ESAM).

Political career

Şentop was elected as the member of Justice and Development Party (AKP) Central Decision-Making and Administrative Committee at the 4th and 5th Party Congresses. He served as Deputy Chairman of AKP from 2012 to 2015.

He was elected as Member of Parliament for Istanbul in the 24th, 25th and 26th Legislative Terms;, for Tekirdağ in the 27th Legislative Term.

He served as Deputy Chairman of Committee on Constitution. He took charge at Reconciliation Committee on Constitution as the representative of AKP. He served as the Chairman of the Committee on Constitution in the 26th Legislative Term.

Serving as the Deputy Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey in the 27th Legislative Term, on February 24th, 2019 he was elected as the 29th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey celebrating the centenary of its inauguration in 2020. On July 7th, 2020 he was re-elected as Speaker for the second term.

Şentop condemned the peace agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, calling it "disgraceful" and a betrayal of the Palestinian cause.[1]

Şentop is fluent in English and Arabic.

Personal life

He is married and have four children.

See also

References
  1. Gonel, Guc; Orkan, Semra; Bozdogan, Kaan (August 16, 2020). "Turkish parliament's head condemns UAE-Israel deal". Anadolu Agency.

https://global.tbmm.gov.tr/index.php/EN/yd/icerik/200

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