Sadettin Tantan

Sadettin Tantan
Leader of the Homeland Party
Assumed office
25 August 2002
Preceded byHakan Önder
Minister of the Interior
In office
29 May 1999 – 6 June 2001
Prime MinisterBülent Ecevit
Preceded byRüştü Kazım Yücelen
Succeeded byCahit Bayar
Member of the Grand National Assembly
In office
18 April 1999 – 3 November 2002
ConstituencyIstanbul (II) (1999)
Mayor of Fatih
In office
27 March 1994 – 18 April 1999
Preceded byYusuf Günaydın
Succeeded byEşref Albayrak
Personal details
Born (1941-01-01) 1 January 1941 (age 83)
Sapanca, Sakarya Province, Turkey
Political partyMotherland Party (1994-2001)
Homeland Party (2002-present)
Alma materEskişehir 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.