Mehmet Kaplan | |
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| Minister for Housing and Urban Development | |
| In office 3 October 2014 – 18 April 2016 | |
| Monarch | Carl XVI Gustaf |
| Prime Minister | Stefan Löfven |
| Preceded by | Stefan Attefall |
| Succeeded by | Per Bolund (acting) |
| Member of the Swedish Riksdag for Stockholm Municipality | |
| In office 2 October 2006 – 29 September 2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 July 1971 Gaziantep, Turkey |
| Political party | Green Party |
Mehmet Güner Kaplan (born 18 July 1971) is a Swedish politician of Turkish origin[1] who served as Minister for Housing and Urban Development from 2014 to 2016. He is a member of the Swedish Green Party.
Kaplan resigned from the Cabinet after controversy regarding ties to Islamic extremism. He came under increasing pressure after local media published photos of him at a dinner with Turkish ultranationalists, including the Swedish head of the extremist Grey Wolves organisation, and a former leader of the main Turkish nationalist group in Sweden, who called on Turks to kill Armenians.[2]
- ^ "Hürriyet Daily News | Haber Detay". www.hurriyetdailynews.com. Archived from the original on 6 May 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- ^ Henley, Jon (18 April 2016). "Sweden's housing minister resigns amid 'extremist links' row". the Guardian. Archived from the original on 2 May 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2016.