Nurettin Sözen is a Turkish

Turkish people

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 doctor, politician

Politician

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 and the former mayor of Istanbul

Istanbul

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, Turkey

Turkey

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.

Biography

He graduated from Istanbul University

Istanbul University

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 and then became a professor in 1978. He was elected as the mayor of Istanbul

Istanbul

Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...

 on March 28, 1989 while he was a member of SHP

Social Democratic People's Party (Turkey)

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. He stayed in the office until March 27, 1994. He didn't take any active political missions until he was elected as the deputy of Sivas, his homeland, in 2002. Sözen is a member of CHP

Republican People's Party (Turkey)

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(Republican People's Party).

He is married and has a child.