Enis Berberoğlu

Kadri Enis Berberoğlu
MP
Deputy Leader of the Republican People's Party
Assumed office
14 September 2014
Leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu
Member of the Grand National Assembly
Assumed office
7 June 2015
Constituency İstanbul (II) (June 2015)
Personal details
Born Kadri Enis Berberoğlu
(1956-04-01) 1 April 1956
İstanbul, Turkey
Nationality Turkish
Political party Republican People's Party (CHP)
Alma mater Boğaziçi University
Occupation Journalist, politician
Website Personal website

Kadri Enis Berberoğlu (born 1 April 1956) is a Turkish politician and journalist from the Republican People's Party (CHP), who has served as the Member of Parliament for İstanbul's second electoral district since 2015. Since the 18th CHP Extraordinary Convention of 2014, he has been the Deputy Leader of the party responsible for media relations and communications.

Early life and career

Kadri Enis Berberoğlu was born on 1 April 1956 in İstanbul and graduated from St. George's Austrian High School in 1975.[1] He graduated from Boğaziçi University and obtained a masters degree in the field of econometrics. He has stated that he originates from a socialist family, thereby making him a hereditary social democrat.[2]

Journalism

Berberoğlu began his journalism career in 1981 at the Dünya newspaper. He later went on to become the economics manager at CNN Türk and served as an editor at Hürriyet and Radikal. On 29 December 2009, he became the General Director of Publications at Hürriyet, resigning on 10 August 2014 due to growing political pressures on the newspaper. In October 2014, he became a writer at the Sözcü newspaper.[3]

Political career

At the 18th CHP Extraordinary Convention held on 6 September 2014, Berberoğlu was elected to the Party Council of the Republican People's Party (CHP).[4] On 14 September, he was appointed as the Deputy Leader of the CHP responsible for media relations and communications by party leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu.[5] He was elected as a Member of Parliament for İstanbul's second electoral district at the June 2015 general election.[6]

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