Öztürk Yılmaz
Öztürk Yılmaz | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Leader of the Republican People's Party | |
| In office 25 January 2016 – 20 November 2018 | |
| Leader | Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu |
| Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
| In office 1 November 2015 – 14 May 2023 | |
| Constituency | Ardahan (Nov 2015, 2018) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 September 1970 Ardahan, Turkey |
| Political party | Republican People's Party (2015-2018)
Independent (2018-2020) Innovation Party(2020-present) |
| Alma mater | Middle East Technical University |
| Occupation | Diplomat |
Öztürk Yılmaz (born 1970) is a Turkish former diplomat and politician. Having served as the Turkish embassy secretary to Kyrgyzstan and Brazil, he was appointed as the Consul General of Turkey to Mosul in 2013. He was taken hostage in June 2014 and held for 101 days along with 48 other diplomats after Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant militants took over the city, being released under undisclosed circumstances by the Turkish National Intelligence Organisation (MİT) on 20 September 2014. He was elected as a Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Ardahan from the Republican People's Party (CHP) in November 2015 general election. In 2018, Yılmaz became an independent. In 2020, Yılmaz founded the Innovation Party.