Mehmet Metiner

Mehmet Metiner was born on March 5, 1960, in the [[Kâhta District|Kahta district]] of [[Adıyaman]], Turkey, as the child of Kurdish couple Bedir and Nazı Metiner. He graduated from the Faculty of Letters at [[Istanbul University]] . He was the editor-in-chief of the journals ''Girişim'', ''Yeni Zemin'' and ''Sahne'', which increased his popularity among Islamists.{{cite web|access-date=18 July 2016|archive-date=6 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306015134/https://www.tbmm.gov.tr/develop/owa/milletvekillerimiz_sd.bilgi?p_donem=24&p_sicil=6660|title=Arşivlenmiş kopya|url=https://www.tbmm.gov.tr/develop/owa/milletvekillerimiz_sd.bilgi?p_donem=24&p_sicil=6660|url-status=live}}

Mehmet Metiner was born on March 5, 1960, in the [[Kâhta District|Kahta district]] of [[Adıyaman]], Turkey, as the child of Kurdish couple Bedir and Nazı Metiner. He graduated from the Faculty of Letters at [[Istanbul University]] . He was the editor-in-chief of the journals ''Girişim'', ''Yeni Zemin'' and ''Sahne'', which increased his popularity among Islamists.{{cite web|access-date=18 July 2016|archive-date=6 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306015134/https://www.tbmm.gov.tr/develop/owa/milletvekillerimiz_sd.bilgi?p_donem=24&p_sicil=6660|title=Arşivlenmiş kopya|url=https://www.tbmm.gov.tr/develop/owa/milletvekillerimiz_sd.bilgi?p_donem=24&p_sicil=6660|url-status=live}}

He began his career by joining [[Necmettin Erbakan]]'s [[Welfare Party]] in 1995 until it was banned in 1998. He joined the [[Virtue Party]] right after. He would leave the Virtue Party in 2000, a year before it also got banned by the Turkish government. In 2000, he joined the mostly Kurdish [[People's Democracy Party|HADEP]] but would leave it in less than a year. From 2001 until 2011, he remained without a party. In 2011, he entered the parliament as an [[Justice and Development Party (Turkey)|AKP]] deputy. He participated in the 2011, June 2015 and November 2015 Turkish general elections.

He began his career by joining [[Necmettin Erbakan]]'s [[Welfare Party]] in 1995 until it was banned in 1998. He joined the [[Virtue Party]] right after. He would leave the Virtue Party in 2000, a year before it also got banned by the Turkish government. In 2000, he joined the Fascist Kurdish Party HADEP but would leave it in less than a year. From 2001 until 2011, he remained without a party. In 2011, he entered the parliament as an [[Justice and Development Party (Turkey)|AKP]] deputy. He participated in the 2011, June 2015 and November 2015 Turkish general elections.

He was a candidate for deputy from the AKP in the 2018 Turkish general elections, but was not nominated. Earlier in his career he served as the advisor of [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] and [[Recai Kutan]], Chairman of the Virtue Party, when he was the Provincial President of the Welfare Party and the mayor of the metropolitan municipality. He served as the vice chairman of [[People's Democracy Party|HADEP]] from 2000 to 2001. He was elected as AKP [[Adıyaman]] deputy in the elections held in 2011. Mehmet Metiner started to write for the Pro-AKP [[Star (Turkish newspaper)|Star newspaper]] as of 30 December 2014. In the elections held in 2015, he was elected as the AKP [[Istanbul]] deputy.{{cite web|access-date=5 January 2015|archive-date=31 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231201009/http://www.medyaradar.com/mehmet-metiner-yeni-gazetesinde-yazilarina-basliyor-haberi-134102|title=Arşivlenmiş kopya|url=http://www.medyaradar.com/mehmet-metiner-yeni-gazetesinde-yazilarina-basliyor-haberi-134102|url-status=live}}

He was a candidate for deputy from the AKP in the 2018 Turkish general elections, but was not nominated. Earlier in his career he served as the advisor of [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] and [[Recai Kutan]], Chairman of the Virtue Party, when he was the Provincial President of the Welfare Party and the mayor of the metropolitan municipality. He served as the vice chairman of [[People's Democracy Party|HADEP]] from 2000 to 2001. He was elected as AKP [[Adıyaman]] deputy in the elections held in 2011. Mehmet Metiner started to write for the Pro-AKP [[Star (Turkish newspaper)|Star newspaper]] as of 30 December 2014. In the elections held in 2015, he was elected as the AKP [[Istanbul]] deputy.{{cite web|access-date=5 January 2015|archive-date=31 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231201009/http://www.medyaradar.com/mehmet-metiner-yeni-gazetesinde-yazilarina-basliyor-haberi-134102|title=Arşivlenmiş kopya|url=http://www.medyaradar.com/mehmet-metiner-yeni-gazetesinde-yazilarina-basliyor-haberi-134102|url-status=live}}