BULGARIAN EDICTS TIGHTEN RED GRIP; Restrictions on State Secrets to Be Used by Communists in Drafting New By-Laws
Date: 18 December 1948
By M.S. HANDLERSpecial to THE NEW YORK TIMES
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Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu (Turkish pronunciation: [ceˈmal kɯˌɫɯtʃˈdaɾoːɫu] ; born 17 December 1948), also referred to by his initials KK, is a Turkish politician who served as the leader of the Republican People's Party (CHP) from 2010 to 2023. He was Leader of the Main Opposition in Turkey between 2010 and 2023. He served as a member of parliament for Istanbul's second electoral district from 2002 to 2015, and as an MP for İzmir's second electoral district from 2015 to 2023.
Before entering politics, Kılıçdaroğlu was a civil servant and served as the director-general of the Social Security Institution from 1992 to 1996 and again from 1997 to 1999. He was elected to Parliament in the 2002 general election and became the CHP's parliamentary group leader. In the 2009 local elections, he was nominated as the CHP candidate to run for Mayor of İstanbul, but lost to the AKP.
After Deniz Baykal resigned as the party's leader in 2010, Kılıçdaroğlu announced his candidacy and was unanimously elected as the leader of the CHP. He was elected deputy chairman of the Socialist International in August 2012. He was seen as likely to modernize the CHP. Although the CHP saw a subsequent increase in its share of the vote, it was unable to unseat the ruling AKP. Kılıçdaroğlu was criticized for not resigning CHP chairman after losing four general elections, until his own defeat in the party's 2023 Ordinary Convention.
As leader of the main opposition, Kılıçdaroğlu attempted constructing big-tent coalitions with other parties, which culminated in the formation of the Nation Alliance and CHP's subsequent victories in the 2019 local elections. He was the CHP's and the Nation Alliance's joint candidate for the 2023 Turkish presidential election, but lost to incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. After his loss, he was voted out as leader of the CHP on 5 November 2023 and was replaced by Özgür Özel.
Lees meer...17 december 1948 was een vrijdag onder het sterrenbeeld ♐. Het was de 351e dag van het jaar. President van de Verenigde Staten was Harry S. Truman.
Als je op deze dag bent geboren, ben je 76 jaar oud. Je laatste verjaardag was op dinsdag 17 december 2024, 323 dagen geleden. Je volgende verjaardag is op woensdag 17 december 2025, in 41 dagen. Je hebt 28.082 dagen geleefd, of ongeveer 673.985 uur, of ongeveer 40.439.123 minuten, of ongeveer 2.426.347.380 seconden.
Date: 18 December 1948
By M.S. HANDLERSpecial to THE NEW YORK TIMES
Censorship tightened
Date: 18 December 1948
Ad Fed issues booklet on ad role in free enterprise
Date: 18 December 1948
Pacific Coast-Caribbean Sea Ports Conf; Pacific Mediterranean Line joins
Date: 18 December 1948
ECA allocation adm gains under new Govt decrees noted by P G Treves
Date: 17 December 1948
8 Estonians freed under bond
Date: 18 December 1948
By JANE NICKERSON
Jane NICKERSON
Date: 17 December 1948
selections described
Date: 18 December 1948
By WINIFRED MALLONSpecial to THE NEW YORK TIMES
D D Lindsay patents still for producing drinking water from ocean salt water, London