Mehmet Kaplan

Mehmet Kaplan
Minister for Housing and Urban Development
In office
3 October 2014 – 18 April 2016
MonarchCarl XVI Gustaf
Prime MinisterStefan Löfven
Preceded byStefan Attefall
Succeeded byPer Bolund (acting)
Member of the Swedish Riksdag
for Stockholm Municipality
In office
2 October 2006 – 29 September 2014
Personal details
Born (1971-07-18) 18 July 1971 (age 53)
Gaziantep, Turkey
Political partyGreen 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]

  1. ^ "Hürriyet Daily News | Haber Detay". www.hurriyetdailynews.com. Archived from the original on 6 May 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  2. ^ 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.