Haydar Akar

Turkish politician (born 1963)

Haydar Akar


Deputy Speaker of the Grand National Assembly
In office 16 July 2020 – 3 June 2023
Member of the Grand National Assembly
In office 12 June 2011 – 3 June 2023
Constituency	Kocaeli (2011, June 2015, Nov 2015, 2018)

Personal details
Born	Haydar Akar (1963-12-21) 21 December 1963 (age 60) İzmit, Turkey
Political party	Republican People's Party
Children	2

Haydar Akar (born 21 December 1963), is a Turkish politician, who is currently Deputy Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey since 16 July 2020.

Biography

Haydar Akar was born in İzmit on 21 December 1963.

He graduated from the Department of Mathematics at Middle East Technical University in 1986. He worked at Türk Pirelli Lastikleri AŞ for 23 years.^[1]

Akar entered the Grand National Assembly as a Kocaeli deputy in the general elections on 12 June 2011. On 7 June 2015, he was nominated and elected as a Kocaeli deputy candidate from the second row by the CHP.^[2]

On 18 June 2020, Akar was elected as the Deputy Speaker of the Assembly.^[3]^[4]

Personal life

Akar speaks English at a good level. He is married and has two children. He comes from a family of Georgian origin.^[5]

References

^ "CHP Kocaeli Milletvekili adaylarını tanıyalım". Demokratgebze.com.tr. 8 April 2015. Archived from the original on 11 June 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
^ "Kesin Aday Listesi" (PDF). Yüksek Seçim Kurulu. 24 April 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
^ "Arşivlenmiş kopya". Archived from the original on 20 June 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
^ "Haydar Akar, TBMM Başkanvekili seçildi". Özgür Kocaeli (in Turkish). 18 June 2020. Archived from the original on 18 June 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
^ Aldemir, Cengiz (6 August 2014). "'Gürcüyüm hırsız değilim'". sozcu.com.tr. Archived from the original on 2 July 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2022.