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Deniz Baykal
Deniz Baykal ; MP Ph.D.
Speaker of the Grand National Assembly; Interim
	In office; 17 November 2015 – 22 November 2015
President	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded by	İsmet Yılmaz
Succeeded by	İsmail Kahraman
	In office; 23 June 2015 – 1 July 2015
President	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded by	Cemil Çiçek
Succeeded by	İsmet Yılmaz
Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey
	In office; 31 October 1995 – 6 March 1996
Prime Minister	Tansu Çiller
Preceded by	Necmettin Cevheri
Succeeded by	Nahit Menteşe
Leader of the Opposition
	In office; 19 November 2002 – 22 May 2010
Prime Minister	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan; Abdullah Gül
Preceded by	Tansu Çiller
Succeeded by	Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu
34th Minister of Foreign Affairs
	In office; 31 October 1995 – 6 March 1996
Prime Minister	Tansu Çiller
Preceded by	Ali Coşkun Kırca
Succeeded by	Emre Gönensay
Vice President of Socialist International
	In office; 31 October 2003 – 2 July 2008
President	António Guterres; George Papandreou
Country	Turkey
Preceded by	Erdal İnönü
Succeeded by	Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu
4th Leader of the Republican People's Party
	In office; 30 September 2000 – 10 May 2010
Preceded by	Altan Öymen
Succeeded by	Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu
	In office; 9 September 1995 – 23 May 1999
Preceded by	Hikmet Çetin
Succeeded by	Altan Öymen
	In office; 9 September 1992 – 18 February 1995
Preceded by	Bülent Ecevit
Succeeded by	Hikmet Çetin
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources
	In office; 5 January 1978 – 12 November 1979
Prime Minister	Bülent Ecevit
Preceded by	Kamran İnan
Succeeded by	Ahmet Esat Kıratlıoğlu
Minister of Finance
	In office; 26 January 1974 – 17 November 1974
Prime Minister	Bülent Ecevit
Preceded by	Sadık Tekin Müftüoğlu
Succeeded by	Bedri Gürsoy
Member of the Grand National Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office; 14 November 2002
Constituency	Antalya (2002, 2007, 2011, June 2015, Nov 2015, 2018)
	In office; 14 December 1987 – 18 April 1999
Constituency	Antalya (1987, 1991, 1995)
	In office; 14 October 1973 – 12 September 1980
Constituency	Antalya (1973, 1977)
Personal details
Born	20 July 1938 (age 82); Antalya, Turkey
Political party	Republican People's Party (1973–1980, 1992–present); Social Democratic People's Party (1987–1992)
Spouse(s)	Olcay Baykal
Alma mater	University of Ankara; University of California; Columbia University

Deniz Baykal (born 20 July 1938) is a Turkish politician and academician. He was the leader of the Republican People's Party (CHP) and the leader of the Main Opposition in Turkey. He has been the Member of Parliament for Antalya since 2002.

He quit his academic career and was elected as the Member of Parliament from the Republican People's Party in 1973. He served as the Deputy Prime Minister, the Minister of Finance, Energy and Foreign Affairs in various times.

He resigned as leader of the Republican People's Party on May 10, 2010.

Because he is the oldest MP, he became the interim Speaker of the Parliament until the election of the permanent speaker. He became CHP's nominee for the election.

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Republic Protests against the presidential candidacy of Abdullah Gül in 2007