Fatih Mehmet Maçoğlu
Fatih Mehmet Maçoğlu (Also known as 'The Communist Mayor'[1]) (born 20 December 1968, Çemberlitaş, Ovacik[2]) is a communist Kurdish politician and founder of Socialist Councils Federation (SMF). He is currently the mayor of Tunceli with Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) ticket.
Fatih Mehmet Maçoğlu | |
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Mayor of Tunceli | |
Assumed office 5 April 2019 | |
Preceded by | Tuncay Sonel |
Mayor of Ovacık | |
In office 2 April 2014 – 3 April 2019 | |
Preceded by | Mustafa Sarıgül |
Succeeded by | Mustafa Sarıgül |
Personal details | |
Born | December 20, 1968 |
Political party | Communist Party of Turkey |
Early life and education
He was born in the village Çemberlitaş in Tunceli province in December 1968 and attended primary school in Ovacik and health high school in Bingöl.[2]
Professional career
From 1989 onwards he worked in healthcare. First in Bozkir in Konya and between 1992 and 2007 in Pertek Tunceli.[2] From 2007 onwards he worked in emergency care in Tunceli state hospital. He resigned from his work in the hospital in order to stand as a mayoral candidate for Ovacik in the local elections of 2014.[2]
Political career
He was elected mayor of Ovacık in 2014,[3] where he was known for implementing initiatives like free public transport and agricultural projects such as bee keeping and cultivating chickpeas[4] with which gains university students were supported.[5] He also encouraged the opening of several libraries in Ovacık.[6] In the local elections in 2019, he was elected mayor of Tunceli, the province's capital.[7]
Personal life
He is married and has two children.[2]
References
- "Tunceli'de 'Komünist Başkan' da iddialı, sonucu kararsız seçmen belirleyecek". BBC News Türkçe (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-12-15.
- "Fatih Mehmet Maçoğlu kimdir? İşte komünist başkanın merak edilenleri…". www.sozcu.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-11-23.
- "Seçim 2014 Tunceli Ovacık Yerel Seçim Sonuçları". www.haberturk.com. Retrieved 2019-12-14.
- Nawa, Fariba (2018-04-21). "The Unlikely New Hero of Turkey's Opposition". ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2019-12-14.
- "Turkey's 'Communist mayor' tears down walls with fresh approach". France 24. 2019-05-02. Retrieved 2019-12-14.
- Malzahn, Philip. "TKP gewinnt in Dersim (neues deutschland)". www.neues-deutschland.de (in German). Retrieved 2019-12-15.
- "Tunceli Seçim Sonuçları: 31 Mart 2019 Tunceli Yerel Seçim Sonuçları". Sözcü (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-12-14.