Aichan Kara Giousouf
Aichan Kara Giousouf (Greek: Αϊχάν Καρά Γιουσούφ, Turkish: Ayhan Kara Yusuf, born on 12 August 1963 in Yahyabeyli/Amaranta, Komotini, Greece) is a Greek politician from the West Thracian Turkish minority.
Born in a peasants family, he graduated in 1988 at the faculty of dentistry of the
University of Istanbul, then worked for two years in Germany before coming back in Greece for the military service. In 1995, he served as secretary general of the Western Thrace Minority University Graduates Association, and between 1996 and 1999 as member of the board of the Dentists Association of Rhodope.[1]
He became a member of
Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) in 1994, and entered the Maroneia-Sapes municipal council. He was elected to the Greek Parliament for SYRIZA in the May 2012 Greek legislative election.[1] He is atheist and in 2015 took the civilian oath as new member of the Greek Parliament.[2][3]
External links
- Terms of office of Aichan Kara Giousouf at the Hellenic Parliament (in English)
Sources
- ^ a b Ayhan Karayusuf: "Sorgulayan, yargılayan ve cezalandıran bir toplum olmamız lazım, teslimiyetçi olmamamız gerekir." Archived 2015-02-21 at the Wayback Machine, Birlik Gazetesi, 20 March 2012
- ^ "Οι μισαλλόδοξοι οπαδοί του Τζιτζικώστα", Εφημερίδα των Συντακτών, 20.10.2015 In Greek language.
- ^ "Ορκίστηκε η νέα Βουλή", 05 February 2015. In Greek language
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