Who is Berhan Şimşek, a candidate for the CHP chairmanship? How old is he and where is he from?

Özgür Özel, Ümit Uysal, and Berhan Şimşek will be candidates for the chairmanship at the CHP's elective extraordinary congress to be held on Sunday, April 6.

WHO IS BERHAN ŞİMŞEK?

Berhan Şimşek was born on May 15, 1958, in Bayburt, as the child of Nuri Şimşek and Alime Şimşek. He is the 10th of 11 children in his family. After completing his primary education in Bayburt, he continued his secondary education at Abdülhakhamit Evening Secondary School in Istanbul and his high school education at Vefa Evening High School. Graduating from the Department of Business Administration at Anadolu University's Faculty of Business in 2011, Şimşek completed a master's degree in Public Law at Yeditepe University's Faculty of Law in 2014. Entering the cinema industry in 1978, Berhan Şimşek starred in significant films such as Hoşçakal Yarın, Uzlaşma, İpekçe, and Işıklar Sönmesin. He also worked as a television series director. Having won the 'Best Actor' award from the Magazine Journalists Association, Şimşek was also deemed worthy of the 'Best Actor' award at the 1994 Ankara Film Festival.

Berhan Şimşek is also a founder of the Contemporary Cinema Actors Association and is a member of the Nazım Hikmet Foundation and the 68ers Union. He has worked as a columnist for the newspaper Günaydın and wrote articles on elections for the newspaper Milliyet. Elected as a member of the Party Assembly at the 10th Extraordinary Congress of the Republican People's Party (CHP) in 1999, Şimşek served as a member of the Party Assembly and the Central Executive Board (MYK) for nine terms. Serving as a CHP Istanbul Deputy in the 22nd Term of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) between 2002 and 2007, Berhan Şimşek held positions as a member of the Committee on National Education, Culture, Youth and Sports, and as the President of the Turkey-Hungary Inter-Parliamentary Friendship Group during this period. Most recently, he served as the CHP Istanbul Provincial Chairman between June 14, 2010, and January 8, 2011.

FILMS AND TV SERIES

2005 - Kameranın Ardındaki Kadın: Bilge Olgaç (Himself) (Feature Film)

2002 - Mumya Firarda (Feature Film)

2002 - Keje (Şehsuvar) (TV Series)

2000 - Şarkıcı (Refik Ağa) (Feature Film)

2000 - Yahta Kaptan (TV Series)

2000 - Acı Gönül (Feature Film)

1999 - Figüran (TV Movie)

1998 - Hoşçakal Yarın (Deniz Gezmiş) (Feature Film)

1996 - Işıklar Sönmesin (Bandit Leader Seydo) (Feature Film)

1995 - Yahya Kaptan (TV Series)

1994 - İş (Feature Film)

1994 - Yolcu (National Forces Member) (Feature Film)

1993 - Tersine Dünya (Hamza) (Feature Film)

1993 - Kızılırmak Karakoyun (Ali) (Feature Film)

1993 - Barışta Savaşanlar (TV Series)

1992 - Her Gece Bodrum (Feature Film)

1991 - Uzlaşma (Mehmet Ali Ağca) (Feature Film)

1991 - Kurt Kanunu (Feature Film)

1990 - Minyeli Abdullah 2 (Minyeli Abdullah) (Feature Film)

1990 - Madde 438 (Sabri Timur) (Feature Film)

1990 - Aşkın Kesişme Noktası (Feature Film)

1989 - Şahane Evlilik (Orhan) (Feature Film)

1989 - Oyunun Sonu (Feature Film)

1989 - Minyeli Abdullah (Minyeli Abdullah) (Feature Film)

1988 - Sürgün (Feature Film)

1988 - Gömlek (Feature Film)

1988 - Ferman (Seydali) (Feature Film)

1987 - İpekçe (Seyyit) (Feature Film)

1987 - Zamansızlar (Feature Film)

1987 - Vurgun (Kemal) (Feature Film)

1987 - Kuruluş / Osmancık (Sungur Tekin) (TV Series)

1986 - Aşk Ve Para (Feature Film)

1985 - Dokuzuncu Hariciye Koğuşu (Reserve Officer Osman) (TV Series)

1985 - Acımak (Mehmet) (TV Series)

1984 - Zavallılar (Tahir) (Feature Film)

1984 - Yaralı (Tahir) (Feature Film)

1984 - Acı (Selim) (Feature Film)

1983 - Azrailin Elçileri (Feature Film)

1982 - Son Akın (Kara Murat) (Feature Film)

1982 - Islak Güneş (Feature Film)

1981 - Mecnun (Feature Film)

1981 - Antepli (Antepli Şahin) (Feature Film)

1979 - Mahmudo ile Hazel (Feature Film)

1978 - Batak (Feature Film)

1977 - Sevgili Oğlum (Halil) (Feature Film)

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