Who is DEVA Party Balıkesir MP Burak Dalgın? Why did he resign?

DEVA Party Balıkesir MP Burak Dalgın announced his resignation from the party in a statement made via social media. He stated that he is parting ways with the DEVA Party, which he helped found and to which he contributed significantly in the past.

In his social media post, Burak Dalgın used the following expressions: "Thus, my path is separating from my party, whose program I worked on, which I was a founder of, and thanks to which I met very valuable people and gained friends."

Thanking all his colleagues, especially DEVA Party Chairman Ali Babacan, Dalgın noted that he had been expressing his suggestions regarding the party's operations both verbally and in writing for a long time. 

WHO IS BURAK DALGIN?

Born in 1978, Burak Dalgın is a member of the Founders' Board of the Democracy and Progress Party (DEVA), founded by Ali Babacan.

Dalgın, 42, received his bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Boğaziçi University in 1999 and his MBA from Harvard Business School in 2004. Working in venture capital and private equity investments at Koç Holding between 1999 and 2001, Burak Dalgın served as a Project Manager after founding Kobiline, the first internet platform providing information technology and financial services to small and medium-sized enterprises in Istanbul, in 2001-2002. Subsequently, he worked for three years as an Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company's New York and Boston offices, where he led strategy, due diligence, post-merger management, organization, market entry, and operations projects for McKinsey and client teams. Joining Darby as Vice President in January 2008, Burak Dalgın worked in Istanbul. According to his LinkedIn profile, he currently serves as a Managing Director at Franklin Templeton Fund.