Mustafa Şentop

Mustafa Şentop (born 6 August 1968) is a Turkish politician from the Justice and Development Party (AKP) who has served as the Member of Parliament in the 24, 25, 26th, and 27th legislative terms.

Mustafa Şentop
29th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
In office
24 February 2019 – 2 June 2023
PresidentRecep Tayyip Erdoğan
DeputySüreyya Sadi Bilgiç
Levent Gök
Mithat Sancar
Celal Adan
Preceded byBinali Yıldırım
Succeeded byDevlet Bahçeli
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
In office
12 June 2011 – 2 June 2023
ConstituencyIstanbul (III) (2011, June 2015, Nov 2015)
Tekirdağ (2018)
Personal details
Born (1968-08-06) 6 August 1968
Tekirdağ, Turkey
Political partyJustice and Development Party
Alma materIstanbul University
Marmara University

On 24 February 2019, he was elected as the 29th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly.

Early life and career

Mustafa Şentop was born on 6 August 1968 in Tekirdağ. He graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Law and took a master's 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 a research assistant. He got a Ph.D. title in 2002, became an associate professor in 2005, and a professor in 2011. Apart from Marmara University, he gave undergraduate and post-graduate lectures in various universities. He took several administrative functions at Marmara University. Beginning from his university years, he functioned as a writer and editor in various journals and was a member of the editorial board of academic journals and editor of referred journals. He also served as the Chairman of the Istanbul Branch of the Economic and Social Research Centre (ESAM).

Political career

Şentop was elected as a member of the Justice and Development Party (AKP)'s 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 the Committee on the 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 24, 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 7, 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.

Personal life

Şentop is fluent in English and Arabic. He is married and has four children.

Foreign honours
  • Turkmenistan Turkmenistan: Order "For great love for independent Turkmenistan" (2022) [1]

See also

References
  1. Спикер парламента Турции награждён орденом «За большую любовь к независимому Туркменистану»
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