Deniz Yücel (politician)

Deniz Yücel was born on 12 October 1977 in Izmir. His father Esen Yücel is a lawyer.^[1] He graduated from Izmir Atatürk High School in 1995 and Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Law in 2000. In 2001, he registered with the Izmir Bar Association and started working as a freelance lawyer.^[2]

Yücel joined the Republican People's Party in 1999. After the 2014 local elections in Turkey, he entered the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Assembly from Buca and became CHP group spokesperson.^[3] He was elected provincial chairman at the CHP Izmir provincial congresses held on January 7, 2018, and February 8, 2020.^[4][5] On December 26, 2022, he resigned as provincial chairman to run for parliament.^[6] In the 2023 general elections in Turkey, he was elected as an MP from Izmir 2nd district.^[7] On May 25, 2023, he received his deputy mandate and took office.^[8]

Yücel is married to Gönenç Bilgen Yücel and has two children.^[9] He speaks English fluently.