Sadettin Tantan | |
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Leader of the Homeland Party | |
Assumed office 25 August 2002 | |
Preceded by | Hakan Önder |
Minister of the Interior | |
In office 29 May 1999 – 6 June 2001 | |
Prime Minister | Bülent Ecevit |
Preceded by | Rüştü Kazım Yücelen |
Succeeded by | Cahit Bayar |
Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
In office 18 April 1999 – 3 November 2002 | |
Constituency | Istanbul (II) (1999) |
Mayor of Fatih | |
In office 27 March 1994 – 18 April 1999 | |
Preceded by | Yusuf Günaydın |
Succeeded by | Eşref Albayrak |
Personal details | |
Born | Sapanca, Sakarya Province, Turkey | 1 January 1941
Political party | Motherland Party (1994-2001) Homeland Party (2002-present) |
Alma mater | Eskişehir Academy of Economic and Commercial Sciences Faculty of Management |
Sadettin Tantan (born 1 January 1941) is the Turkish politician who is the founder and current leader of the Homeland Party (Turkish: Yurt Partisi, YURT-P) since 2002. He was a former member of the Motherland Party (ANAP) and served as the Minister of the Interior between 1999 and 2001 under the DSP-ANAP-MHP coalition led by Bülent Ecevit.