Barış Yarkadaş

Barış Yarkadaş
Member of the Turkish Parliament
for İstanbul
Assumed office
November 2015
Majority Justice and Development Party (Turkey)
Personal details
Born (1974-08-02) August 2, 1974
Susuz, Kars, Turkey
Nationality Turkish
Political party Republican People's Party (Turkey)
Occupation Journalist, politician, writer
Website Official website

Barış Yarkadaş, (born 2 August 1974) is a Turkish journalist, politician and a writer. He's a member and lawmaker of the Republican People's Party and an incumbent member of parliament representing a division in the first electoral district of Istanbul.

Personal life

Baris Yarkadas, son of Zülfiye and Rasim Yarkadaş, was born on 2 August 1974 in Susuz, Kars. Yarkadaş moved to Istanbul in 1988 and graduated from Anadolu University. He entered into journalism during his university years and then worked in many television programs as a journalist. He is also a member of the Turkish Journalists' Association.[1]

Politics

Yarkadas won two consecutive elections in June 2015[2] and November 2015[3] (snap election) as a member of parliament of a division in the first electoral district of Istanbul.

Publications

  • Hepsi Yaralar Sonuncusu Öldürür (2004) ISBN 9-7562-0703-5
  • Aksaray'ın Sırları (2015) ISBN 978-6-0565-4806-2

References

  1. ↑ "HAKKIMDA - Barış Yarkadaş". Barış Yarkadaş (in Turkish). Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "İstanbul'da hangi partiden kim Meclis'e girdi?". Radikal (in Turkish). Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "İSTANBUL İLİ ( 1 ) NUMARALI SEÇİM ÇEVRESİ" (PDF). www.ysk.gov.tr. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
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