Burcu Köksal

Burcu Köksal (born 18 January 1980) is a Turkish politician from the Republican People's Party (CHP), who has served as a Member of Parliament for Afyonkarahisar since 7 June 2015.

Burcu Köksal

MP
Member of the Grand National Assembly
Assumed office
7 June 2015
ConstituencyAfyonkarahisar (June 2015, Nov 2015, 2018)
Personal details
Born (1980-01-18) January 18, 1980
Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
Nationality
Political partyRepublican People's Party (CHP) (2015-Present)
İyi Party (2018)
Spouse(s)
Yasin Köksal
​
(m. 2015)​
Alma materİstanbul University
OccupationPolitician

Early life and career

Burcu Köksal was born on 18 January 1980 to a family of teachers in Afyonkarahisar. She completed her primary and secondary education in Afyonkarahisar and graduated from İstanbul University Faculty of Law. She has been a lawyer in Afyonkarahisar since 8 March 2004.[1]

Political career

Koksal served as President of the Republican People's Party (CHP) Afyonkarahisar Women's Branch in 2007. Köksal contested CHP preselection for the June 2015 general election, she beat incumbent CHP MP Ahmet Toptaş for the first place list position,[2] and was subsequently elected as the lone CHP Member of Parliament for Afyonkarahisar.[3] She was narrowly re-elected in the snap November 2015 elections.[4]

Köksal was one of 15 CHP deputies to join the İyi Party on 21 April 2018 in order to make the party eligible to contest the 2018 election.[5] She retained first place on the CHP party list for Afyonkarahisar in the 2018 Elections and was re-elected.[6]

She was a member of the Turkish Grand National Assembly Presidency Council for the first half of the 27th Parliament of Turkey

See also

References
  1. "Biyografi". Haberler.com. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  2. "Afyonkarahisar'da İlk Sırada Burcu Kayıkçı Yer Aldı". Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  3. "Seçim sonuçları". Haberler.com. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  4. "Afyonkarahisar Kasım 2015 Genel Seçimi Sonuçları". Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  5. http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/15-chp-mps-quit-and-join-iyi-party-to-secure-its-participation-in-snap-election-130692
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-05-11. Retrieved 2018-05-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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