Fatih Erbakan

Fatih Erbakan
Member of the Grand National Assembly
Assumed office
2 June 2023
ConstituencyIstanbul II (2023)
Leader of the New Welfare Party
Assumed office
23 November 2018
Preceded byParty established
Personal details
Born
Muhammed Ali Fatih Erbakan

(1979-01-01) 1 January 1979 (age 45)
Ankara, Turkey
Political partyNew Welfare Party (2018–present)[1]
Other political
affiliations
Virtue Party (1999–2001)[1]
Felicity Party (2001–15)[1]
Spouse
Beyza Molu
(m. 2003)
Children2
ParentNecmettin Erbakan (father)
Alma materBaşkent University

Muhammed Ali Fatih Erbakan (born 1 January 1979, in Ankara) is a Turkish engineer and politician who is the founder and leader of the Islamic fundamentalist[2] New Welfare Party (YRP). A son of Necmettin Erbakan, the former Prime Minister of Turkey who led the YRP's predecessor, the Welfare Party, he is the President of the Necmettin Erbakan Foundation.

  1. ^ a b c "Yeniden Refah Partisi Cumhurbaşkanı adayı Fatih Erbakan kimdir, nereli, kaç yaşında? Necmettin Erbakan'ın oğlu mu?". www.cumhuriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). 20 March 2023. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
  2. ^ "The threats and possibilities awaiting the gender-equal democracy in Turkey after the 2023 general elections". The London School of Economics and Political Science. 2023-05-11. Retrieved 2023-05-16.