Celal Adan

{{Short description|Turkish politician (born 1951)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Celal Adan | image = | honorific_suffix = MP | image_size = 220 px | office = Deputy Speaker of the Grand National Assembly | term_start = 12 July 2018 | predecessor = Ayşe Nur Bahçekapılı | 1blankname = Speaker | 1namedata = Binali Yıldırım | 2blankname = Serving with | 2namedata = Mustafa Şentop<br />Levent Gök<br />Mithat Sancar | office1 = {{GNAT MP}} | term_start1 = 12 June 2011 | constituency1 = Istanbul (II) (2011, June 2015, Nov 2015, 2018, 2023) | term_start2 = 18 April 1999 | term_end2 = 3 November 2002 | constituency2 = Istanbul (II) (1999) | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|09|10|df=yes}} | birth_place = Ağrı, Turkey | occupation = Politician | profession = | alma_mater = Istanbul University | party = True Path Party {{small|1999-2002}}<br />Democratic Party {{small|2007-2011}}<br />Nationalist Movement Party {{small|2011-present}} | spouse = | website = }} '''Celal Adan''' (born 10 September 1951 in Ağrı) is a Turkish politician. He was elected in 2011 to the 24th Grand National Assembly of Turkey for the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP).<ref>Nationalist Movement Party, [http://www.mhp.org.tr/htmldocs/kadrolar/detay/baskanlik_divani/226.html CELAL ADAN : 24. Dönem Milletvekili - İSTANBUL]</ref><ref>Today's Zaman, 13 April 2011, [http://todayszaman.com/news-240915-change-comes-out-of-candidate-lists-with-267-deputies-out.html Change comes out of candidate lists with 267 deputies out] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016064754/http://www.todayszaman.com/news-240915-change-comes-out-of-candidate-lists-with-267-deputies-out.html |date=2012-10-16 }}</ref> Adan had previously represented the True Path Party (DYP) in the 21st Assembly (1999–2002),<ref>Hurriyet Daily News, 21 November 1999, [http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/the-force-behind-the-adnan-hoca-operation-agars-revenge.aspx?pageID=438&n=the-force-behind-the-adnan-hoca-operation-agars-revenge-1999-11-21 The Force Behind the Adnan Hoca Operation: Agar's Revenge]</ref> and later been the party's deputy chairman (renamed Democratic Party in 2007).<ref>Today's Zaman, 6 June 2007, [http://todayszaman.com/news-113278-center-right-shaken-by-resignations.html Center right shaken by resignations] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150618121903/http://www.todayszaman.com/news-113278-center-right-shaken-by-resignations.html |date=2015-06-18 }}</ref>

In the 1980s and 1990s, Adan had a close relationship with Mehmet Ağar; in the early 1980s, he was tried and acquitted of being involved in the 1980 murder of trade unionist Kemal Türkler.<ref>Hurriyet Daily News, 16 September 1999, [http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/default.aspx?pageid=438&n=smells-like-susurluk-1999-09-16 Smells like Susurluk]</ref>

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