Erkan Baş

Erkan Baş (born July 14, 1979 in Berlin, West Germany) is a politician and academician who currently serves as an MP for İstanbul as a member of the Workers' Party of Turkey (TiP).[1]

Erkan Baş

MP
Member of the Grand National Assembly
Assumed office
7 July 2018
Constituencyİstanbul (I) (2018)
President of Workers' Party of Turkey
Assumed office
August 2015
President of Communist Party of Turkey
In office
February 2009 – August 2015
Preceded byAydemir Güler
Succeeded byLeft the party
Personal details
Born (1979-07-14) July 14, 1979
Berlin, West Germany
Nationality
Political partyTİP
Spouse(s)Single
Alma materIstanbul University
OccupationPolitician

Early life and education

Erkan Baş was born on 14 July 1979 in Berlin, West Germany in a Bosnian[2] immigrant family coming from Yugoslavia. His family name was Jusovic in Yugoslavia. His father was a worker who went to Germany and his mother was a housewife who has been a textile worker for a while.[3]

Erkan Baş completed his primary, secondary and high school education in Istanbul and graduated from Istanbul University, Faculty of Literature, Department of History of Science. He has completed his undergraduate studies in the History of Science Department affiliated to the Istanbul University Faculty of Literature. He worked as guest lecturer at Istanbul Technical University Department of Humanities and Social Sciences for a while. But he has removed from office by the school administration because of a struggle for the rights of the cafeteria workers in the university.[4][5]

Early political career

Erkan Baş was a member of the Socialist Power Party (SİP) at a young age, and also has been a co-founder of the Communist Party and still has assumed various responsibilities in Turkey. He was active in the Istanbul organization, the secretary of the province of Istanbul, and was included in the Bureau of the Organization and the Central Committee. The party carried out the press statement in Taksim Square in the May 1, 2008 actions.[6] He also participated in student action against obligatory Hijab in Ankara.[7]

General Presidency and Collective Leadership in TKP

At the TKP 9th Congress, Aydemir Güler has left his post as president, and instead, Erkan Baş was elected to the post of president. The TKP General Assembly entered into force with the congressional decision taken to facilitate party representation. The Party Central Committee abolished the "general presidency" office after about 6 months, as this move did not bring about the desired success. The TKP is ruled by the Party Central Committee as a collective leader.

HDP candidacy and Workers' Party of Turkey

Baş became a parliamentary candidate of the Peoples' Democratic Party for the 2018 Turkish general election, in which he was elected as a deputy for Istanbul.[8] In November 2018, it was announced that he and Baris Atay would both resign from the HDP, and join the Workers' Party of Turkey (TIP) instead.[9]

References
  1. "Summary against Workers' Party of Turkey Leader". ANF News. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
  2. TRT News-Speaker Erkan Baş Youtube
  3. The youngest leader of Turkey's oldest party. Radikal, February 23, 2009.
  4. Chef in operation, moratorium. soL haber
  5. Biography of Erkan Baş. Biyografi
  6. May 1, 2008 news. Gercek Gündem
  7. Students showed that the country was not possessed. soL haber, February 7, 2008.
  8. Şafak, Yeni (2020-08-31). "İstanbul Seçim Sonuçları - Genel Seçim 2018 İstanbul Sonucu". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-08-31.
  9. Külsöy, Ahmet. "Turkish Workers' Party back in parliament after 47 years". Ahval. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
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