Deniz Baykal passes away at age of 85
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The former chairman of the Republican People's Party (CHP) Deniz Baykal has died at the age of 85, CHP chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said on Saturday.
“It is with great sadness that I learned of the passing of our former chairman, the lover of Turkey and our Republican People's Party, our Antalya deputy, and our precious elder Deniz Baykal. He left us a life story full of struggles,” Kılıçdaroğlu wrote on Twitter.
Deniz Baykal was a Turkish politician at the Republican People's Party who served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1995 to 1996.
After serving in numerous government positions, Baykal led the CHP from 1992 to February 1995, from September 1995 to 1999, and again from 2000 to 2010.
Between 2002 and 2010, he also served as the Leader of the Opposition by virtue of leading the second-largest party in Parliament. (ILKHA)
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