Cengiz Çandar

Cengiz Çandar is a Turkish politician, journalist, senior columnist, and a Middle East expert. He is elected to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) in May 2023, as Deputy of Diyarbakır from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party. He is the second eldest serving member of the parliament. Member of EU Harmony Commission of the TBMM and Türkiye-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly and Asian Parliamentarians Assembly representing the TBMM.