# Engin Altay

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{{Short description|Turkish politician (born 1963)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name             = Engin Altay
| honorific_suffix = [MP](/source/Member_of_Parliament)
| image            = Engin Altay cropped.jpg
| office           = [Parliamentary group leader](/source/Parliamentary_group_leader) of the [Republican People's Party](/source/Republican_People's_Party)
| term_start       = 26 June 2013
| term_end         = 3 June 2023
| leader           = [Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu](/source/Kemal_K%C4%B1l%C4%B1%C3%A7daro%C4%9Flu)
| predecessor      = [Emine Ülker Tarhan](/source/Emine_%C3%9Clker_Tarhan)
| successor        = [Burcu Köksal](/source/Burcu_K%C3%B6ksal)
| office1          = {{GNAT MP}}
| term_start1      = 3 November 2002
| constituency1    = [Sinop](/source/Sinop_(electoral_district)) ([2002](/source/2002_Turkish_general_election), [2007](/source/2007_Turkish_general_election), [2011](/source/2011_Turkish_general_election))<br />[İstanbul](/source/%C4%B0stanbul_(electoral_districts)) [(III)](/source/%C4%B0stanbul_(3rd_electoral_district)) ([June 2015](/source/June_2015_Turkish_general_election), [Nov 2015](/source/November_2015_Turkish_general_election), [2018](/source/2018_Turkish_general_election), [2023](/source/2023_Turkish_general_election))
| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1963|12|15|df=y}}
| birth_place      = [Erfelek](/source/Erfelek), [Sinop Province](/source/Sinop_Province), [Turkey](/source/Turkey)
| death_date       =
| death_place      = 
| party            = [Republican People's Party](/source/Republican_People's_Party)
| alma_mater       = [Dokuz Eylül University](/source/Dokuz_Eyl%C3%BCl_University) 
}}

'''Engin Altay''' (born 15 December 1963) is a [Turkish](/source/Turkish_people) politician from the [Republican People's Party](/source/Republican_People's_Party) (CHP) who serves as a [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament) for the [electoral district](/source/Electoral_districts_of_Turkey) of [Sinop](/source/Sinop_(electoral_district)) since the [2002](/source/2002_Turkish_general_election). He was re-elected in [2007](/source/2007_Turkish_general_election), [2011](/source/2011_Turkish_general_election), [June 2015](/source/June_2015_Turkish_general_election) and [November 2015](/source/November_2015_Turkish_general_election). On 30 June 2011, Altay was elected as one of the three CHP [parliamentary group leader](/source/parliamentary_group_leader)s, serving alongside [Muharrem İnce](/source/Muharrem_%C4%B0nce), [Akif Hamzaçebi](/source/Akif_Hamza%C3%A7ebi) and later [Levent Gök](/source/Levent_G%C3%B6k).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ntv.com.tr/arsiv/id/25451438 |title=CHP Grup Başkanvekilleri belli oldu - Siyaset - NTVMSNBC.com |access-date=2015-01-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150618105110/http://www.ntv.com.tr/arsiv/id/25451438 |archive-date=2015-06-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Early life and career==
Born and raised in [Sinop](/source/Sinop_Province), Altay was educated at [Dokuz Eylül University](/source/Dokuz_Eyl%C3%BCl_University) and became a teacher in various districts in the provinces of Sinop and [Sivas](/source/Sivas_Province). He briefly served as deputy mayor for the town of [Erfelek](/source/Erfelek) for a year before resigning in order to contest the 2002 general election. He won a seat in his hometown of Sinop. In parliament, he was a member of the Human Rights Commission as well as the Education, Youth, Culture and Sport committees. He led the Turkey-[Mongolia](/source/Mongolia) partnership commission for four years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.haberler.com/engin-altay/biyografisi/|title=Engin Altay Kimdir ? - Engin Altay Hayatı ve Biyografisi|website=www.haberler.com|access-date=2019-11-12}}</ref>

Having served as a member of the CHP party council and central executive committee, Altay was elected parliamentary group leader in 2013 after his predecessor [Emine Ülker Tarhan](/source/Emine_%C3%9Clker_Tarhan) stood down. He has been at the forefront of efforts to bring AKP government ministers accused of corruption to court and received both praise and criticism for throwing a copy of the parliamentary by-laws at speaker [Cemil Çiçek](/source/Cemil_%C3%87i%C3%A7ek) during the swearing in ceremony of [Recep Tayyip Erdoğan](/source/Recep_Tayyip_Erdo%C4%9Fan).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/erdoganin-yemini-oncesi-tbmm-baskanina-ic-tuzuk-firlatildi-27093417|title=Erdoğan'ın yemini öncesi TBMM Başkanı'na iç tüzük fırlatıldı|last=ARIKAN|first=Zeynep GÜRCANLI-Aysel ALP- ANKARA- Fotoğraflar: Selahattin SÖNMEZ-Rıza ÖZEL-Fahir|website=www.hurriyet.com.tr|language=tr|access-date=2019-11-12}}</ref>

He is married with one child and can speak [English](/source/English_language) at a semi-fluent level.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tbmm.gov.tr/develop/owa/milletvekillerimiz_sd.bilgi?p_donem=24&p_sicil=6030|title=Özgeçmiş|last=|first=|date=|website=www.tbmm.gov.tr|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-11-12}}</ref>

==See also==
*[Muharrem İnce](/source/Muharrem_%C4%B0nce)
*[Sinop (electoral district)](/source/Sinop_(electoral_district))

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.tbmm.gov.tr/develop/owa/milletvekillerimiz_sd.bilgi?p_donem=24&p_sicil=6030 MP profile at the Parliament website]
*[http://www.haberler.com/engin-altay/ Collection of all relevant news items at Haberler.com]

{{Members of the 27th Turkish Parliament}}

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Category:Contemporary Republican People's Party (Turkey) politicians
Category:Living people
Category:1963 births
Category:People from Erfelek
Category:Members of the 26th Parliament of Turkey
Category:Members of the 25th Parliament of Turkey
Category:Members of the 24th Parliament of Turkey
Category:Members of the 23rd Parliament of Turkey
Category:Members of the 22nd Parliament of Turkey
Category:Members of the 27th Parliament of Turkey
Category:Members of the 28th Parliament of Turkey
Category:Deputies of Istanbul

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