Muharrem Ince: Short bio of presidential candidate in Turkey elections

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Muharrem İnce was born on March 4, 1964 in Yalova.

He studied at Uludağ University and graduated from the Necatibey Faculty of Education, Physics and Chemistry. İnce worked as a physics teacher and a principal in various teaching institutions and high schools.

He was elected as president of the Atatürkist Thought Association and also served as the head of press for the Yalovaspor football club for a period.

İnce was provincial chair of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) in the northwestern province of Yalova and was elected as the CHP’s Yalova deputy four times in a row in 2002, 2007, 2011 and 2015.

In the 22nd and 23rd parliament, İnce worked as a member of Committee on National Education, Culture, Youth and Sports. In the 23rd and 24th parliament, he became the group deputy chairman of the CHP. He was also a member at the Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic Speaking Countries (TURKPA).

İnce is married and has one child.