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'Bülent Arınç' (born 1948) is a Turkish politician. He served as the 22nd Speaker of the Parliament of Turkey from 2002 to 2007.

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Life and career

Miscellaneous

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Life and career

He was born in 1948 in Bursa, Turkey. After finishing the high school in Manisa, Bülent Arınç attended University of Ankara, earning a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1970 from the Faculty of Law. Following his education, he worked as a free-lance lawyer in Manisa.
Already during his university years in politics interested, Bülent Arınç ran for the deputy of Manisa in the 1995 general elections, and entered the Turkish Grand National Assembly from Refah Partisi (Welfare Party). He became also a member of the board of his party, and served in the parliament’s justice commission.
Following the closing of the Welfare Party by the constitutional court on February 15, 1998, he transferred to the Fazilet Partisi (Virtue Party). Arınç was elected in the 1999 general elections as deputy of Manisa, this time from he Virtue Party. He became a member of the foreign affairs commission of the parliament.
The constitutional court closed the Virtue Party on June 22, 2001. Bülent Arınç, along with Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, co-founded the Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi (Justice and Development Party) the same year on August 14. He was appointed speaker of his party’s group in the parliament.
Bülent Arınç was elected the third time deputy of Manisa in the general elections held on November 3, 2002. On November 19, 2002, he was elected Speaker of the Parliament.
Bülent Arınç is married and has two children, one of which died in a traffic accident.

Miscellaneous

★ He is renowned for being a competent orator.

★ In the election process of 11th President of Turkey, he was criticised for being one of the negative figures since it was said that he got stiff for the candidacy of Abdullah Gul.

★ There are speculative claims that Dervis Mehmet, the leader of the revolting party in Menemen Incident that beheaded Kubilay, was Mr. Arinc's grandfather. 1. However, presidency of TBMM refused these claims lately mentioning Mr. Arinc's grandfather's name is not Dervis Mehmet, but Ahmet Efendi.2.

★ When he was visiting Lenin Mausoleum at Red Square, Moscow during an official visit, he said "It's so good to see Lenin dead." (Turkish: "Lenin'i ölü olarak görmek çok güzel."). He wanted the attended press not to make it public, saying "I hope you're not like the journalists in Turkey, wouldn't make something big out of it." (Turkish: "Umuyorum siz Türkiye'deki gazeteciler gibi değilsinizdir, bir şeyi alıp büyütmezsiniz.").3

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