Doğu Perinçek
Doğu Perinçek | |
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Perinçek in May 2018 | |
| Chairman of the Patriotic Party | |
| Assumed office 15 February 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Himself (as Chairman of the Workers' Party) |
| Chairman of the Workers' Party | |
| In office 10 July 1992 – 15 February 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Party established |
| Chairman of the Socialist Party | |
| In office July 1991 – 10 July 1992 | |
| Preceded by | Ferit İlsever |
| Chairman of the Workers' and Peasants' Party of Turkey | |
| In office 29 January 1978 – 12 September 1980 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 June 1942 Gaziantep, Turkey |
| Political party | Patriotic Party (2015–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Workers' and Peasants' Party of Turkey (1978–1980) Socialist Party (1991–1992) Workers' Party (1992–2015) |
| Children | 4, including Mehmet |
| Parent | Sadık Perinçek (father) |
| Education | Lawyer |
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Doğu Perinçek (Turkish pronunciation: [doːu peɾinˈtʃek]; born 17 June 1942) is a Turkish politician, doctor of law and former communist revolutionary who has been chairman of the left-wing nationalist Patriotic Party since 2015. He was also a member of the Talat Pasha Committee, an organization that denies the Armenian genocide. Politically, he is a Eurasianist who favors closer relations with China and Russia, and is one of the most anti-American politicians in Turkey.