Aydemir Güler

General Secretary Aydemir Güler
General Secretary of Communist Party of Turkey
In office 1993–2001
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Kemal Okuyan
Member of Communist Party of Turkey General Committee
Personal details
Born	1961 (age 62–63) Istanbul, Turkey
Political party	TKP
Alma mater	Boğaziçi University Istanbul University
Occupation	politician

Aydemir Güler (pronounced [ajdemiɾ ɡyɫeɾ]; born 1961) is a Turkish communist politician and was the leader of Communist Party of Turkey (TKP).

Biography

Güler was born in 1961 in Istanbul, Turkey. He graduated from St. Joseph High School and Department of Economics, Boğaziçi University. He worked as an assistant in Faculty of Economics, Istanbul University. He received a M.Sc. degree here.

Political career

He became a founder member of Party for Socialist Turkey in 1992. After the party was banned, he was elected as the new chairman of Party for Socialist Power, founded in 1993. In 2001, Party for Socialist Power changed its name to Communist Party of Turkey (Türkiye Komünist Partisi, TKP) and Güler was elected as the chairman of TKP. In the 9th Congress, he quit this post in accordance with the congress decisions for rejuvenation and a political leap forward. 29-year-old Central Committee member Erkan Baş replaced him.

As a member of the Political Bureau of TKP, Güler still contributes left-aligned journals, mainly related with TKP, with his articles.

References

• Milliyet Newspaper Online - Aydemir Güler

External links

• TKP official website