Celal Adan

Celal Adan
MP
Celal Adan MP
Deputy Speaker of the Grand National Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 12 July 2018
Speaker	Binali Yıldırım
Serving with	Mustafa Şentop; Levent Gök; Mithat Sancar
Preceded by	Ayşe Nur Bahçekapılı
Member of the Grand National Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 12 June 2011
Constituency	Istanbul (II) (2011, June 2015, Nov 2015, 2018, 2023)
	In office; 18 April 1999 – 3 November 2002
Constituency	Istanbul (II) (1999)
Personal details
Born	10 September 1951 (age 73); Ağrı, Turkey
Political party	True Path Party 1999-2002; Democratic Party 2007-2011; Nationalist Movement Party 2011-present
Alma mater	Istanbul University
Occupation	Politician

Celal Adan (born 10 September 1951 in Ağrı) is a Turkish politician. He was elected in 2011 to the 24th Grand National Assembly of Turkey for the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP).^[1]^[2] Adan had previously represented the True Path Party (DYP) in the 21st Assembly (1999–2002),^[3] and later been the party's deputy chairman (renamed Democratic Party in 2007).^[4]

In the 1980s and 1990s, Adan had a close relationship with Mehmet Ağar; in the early 1980s, he was tried and acquitted of being involved in the 1980 murder of trade unionist Kemal Türkler.^[5]

References

^ Nationalist Movement Party, CELAL ADAN : 24. Dönem Milletvekili - İSTANBUL
^ Today's Zaman, 13 April 2011, Change comes out of candidate lists with 267 deputies out Archived 2012-10-16 at the Wayback Machine
^ Hurriyet Daily News, 21 November 1999, The Force Behind the Adnan Hoca Operation: Agar's Revenge
^ Today's Zaman, 6 June 2007, Center right shaken by resignations Archived 2015-06-18 at the Wayback Machine
^ Hurriyet Daily News, 16 September 1999, Smells like Susurluk

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[1] Nationalist Movement Party, CELAL ADAN : 24. Dönem Milletvekili - İSTANBUL

[2] Today's Zaman, 13 April 2011, Change comes out of candidate lists with 267 deputies out Archived 2012-10-16 at the Wayback Machine

[3] Hurriyet Daily News, 21 November 1999, The Force Behind the Adnan Hoca Operation: Agar's Revenge

[4] Today's Zaman, 6 June 2007, Center right shaken by resignations Archived 2015-06-18 at the Wayback Machine

[5] Hurriyet Daily News, 16 September 1999, Smells like Susurluk

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