Öztürk Yılmaz
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Öztürk Yılmaz MP |
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| Deputy Leader of the Republican People's Party | |
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Assumed office 25 January 2016 |
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| Leader | Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu |
| Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
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Assumed office 1 November 2015 |
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| Constituency | Ardahan (Nov 2015) |
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| Born | 1969 Ardahan, Turkey |
| Nationality |
 Turkey
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| Political party | Republican People's Party |
| Education | International relations |
| Alma mater | Middle East Technical University |
| Occupation | Diplomat, politician |
Öztürk Yılmaz (born 1969) is a former Turkish diplomat and politician from the Republican People's Party (CHP) who currently serves as a Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Ardahan since the November 2015 general election. Having served as the Turkish embassy secretary to Kyrgyzstan and Brazil, he was appointed as the Consul General of Turkey to Mosul in 2013. He was taken hostage in June 2014 and held for 101 days along with 48 other diplomats after Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant militants took over the city, being released under undisclosed circumstances by the Turkish National Intelligence Organisation (MİT) on 20 September 2014.
Öztürk Yılmaz was born in 1969 in Ardahan, completing his early education there before graduating from the Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ) Department of International Relations. He began working for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1996, serving as a manager in the departments responsible for the Balkans, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia and the Caucasus. He completed a masters degree in the Vrije Universiteit Brussel on the topic of European Union integration and development.
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