Erdoğan Toprak
Erdoğan Toprak | |
|---|---|
| Minister of State responsible for Youth and Sports | |
| In office 24 August 2002 – 18 November 2002 | |
| Prime Minister | Bülent Ecevit |
| Preceded by | Fikret Ünlü |
| Succeeded by | Mehmet Ali Şahin |
| Deputy Leader of the Republican People's Party | |
| Assumed office 25 December 2010 | |
| Leader | Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu |
| Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
| Assumed office 12 June 2011 | |
| Constituency | İstanbul (III) (2011, June 2015, Nov 2015, 2018, 2023) |
| In office 24 December 1995 – 3 November 2002 | |
| Constituency | İstanbul (III) (1995, 1999) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 December 1961 Zeytinli, Adana, Turkey |
| Political party | Republican People's Party (CHP) (2011–present) Democratic Left Party (DSP) (1995–2002) |
| Alma mater | Anadolu University |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur, politician |
Erdoğan Toprak (born 10 December 1961) is a Turkish politician and businessman from the Republican People's Party (CHP), who has served as the Member of Parliament for İstanbul's third electoral district since 2011. Having served as the MP for the same district between 1995 and 2002 as a member of the Democratic Left Party (DSP), he served as the Minister of State responsible for Youth and Sports in the coalition government of Bülent Ecevit, before losing his seat at the 2002 general election. Re-elected as an MP in the 2011 general election and again in June 2015, Toprak currently serves as the Deputy Leader of the CHP since 25 December 2010. He was offered, but declined, a ministerial position by Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu during the formation of an interim election government in August 2015.