Haydar Baş

Baş completed his primary, secondary and high school education in Trabzon. He graduated from Kayseri Supreme Islamic Institute in 1970. Later, he received his postgraduate education, doctorate and the title of "professor" from Baku State University. He later worked as a lecturer at the Faculty of Eastern Languages and Literature Research at Baku State University.{{cite news |title=ÇAĞI AŞAN ÖNGÖRÜLER |url=https://www.yenimesaj.com.tr/cagi-asan-ongoruler-H1340561.htm |access-date=16 April 2020 |publisher=Yeni Mesaj |date=16 April 2020 |language=tr}}

Baş began his tenure in politics in 1970 by joining the National Salvation Party, but his time in the party was short-lived. Therein the leader of the National Salvation Party, Necmettin Erbakan, drove Baş away from the party as the two had contradictory views. In the following years, he stayed away from the parties led by Erbakan.

His interest in politics always continued, and he supported the True Path Party in the 1994 elections.

On 25 September 2001, Baş founded the Independent Turkey Party which he continued to lead until his death.

He became a recognized name in politics in the 2007 elections, thanks to his party's slogan. At a rally held in Ankara's Tandoğan square, the sentence "We want jobs, we want food, we want Haydar Baş in Ankara in this election ({{langx|tr|İş istiyoruz, aş istiyoruz, bu seçimlerde Ankara'ya Haydar Baş'ı istiyoruz}})", which was written on a farmer's banner, inspired them to use the slogan "Work, food, this time Haydar Baş ({{lang|tr|İş, aş, bu defa Haydar Baş}})" which made the party known among the people. In the 2011 general elections, he was an MP nominee from the Democratic Party.{{cite web |title=2011 Milletvekili Seçimleri Kesin Aday Listesi |url=http://ysk.gov.tr/ysk/docs/2011MilletvekiliSecimi/KesinAdayListesi2011.pdf |publisher=Turkey Supreme Election Board|access-date=15 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218185615/http://www.ysk.gov.tr/ysk/docs/2011MilletvekiliSecimi/KesinAdayListesi2011.pdf|archive-date=18 February 2015}}

In the 2015 elections, he promised to "come upon {{Turkish lira}}500 trillion with the national economy model and provide a [monthly] salary of {{Turkish lira}}500 for everyone".{{cite web |title=Haydar Baş'ın başı neden belada? |url=https://www.gazeteduvar.com.tr/politika/2018/08/10/haydar-basin-basi-neden-belada/ |website=gazeteduvar.com.tr |access-date=14 April 2020 |date=10 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200414230527/https://www.gazeteduvar.com.tr/politika/2018/08/10/haydar-basin-basi-neden-belada/|archive-date= 14 April 2020 |publisher= Gazete Duvar}} In the 2017 Turkish constitutional referendum his party voted "no", and they did not participate in the June 2018 election.

In 2018, upon the complaint of doctor Mustafa Eraslan and his wife Meral Eraslan, a lawsuit was filed against him on the charges of "forcibly passing over someone else's property, attempting to plunder, and forgery of official documents" and his assets were also confiscated. In its decision of 16 October 2019, the Bakırköy 15th High Criminal Court sentenced Baş to two years and six months of imprisonment for forging documents, but he was acquitted of other charges.

Ahmet Mahmut Ünlü, also known as Cübbeli Ahmet, criticized Baş for relying on Shiite hadiths but not the Sunni ones in his religious analyses. Ünlü mentioned Baş's claim that Umar attacked Muhammad's daughter Fatimah at her house and caused her miscarriage was a Shiite view and had no place in Sunni traditions.{{cite web | url = https://www.youtube.com/ | title = Haydar Baştan Cübbeliye: "Senin peygamberi ağzına Almaya Hakkın Yok" | date = 26 September 2012 | language = tr | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231006043620/https://www.youtube.com/ | archive-date = 6 October 2023 | publisher = YouTube | access-date = 3 July 2016 | url-status = bot: unknown }}{{cite web | url = https://www.youtube.com/ | title = CÜBBELİ AHMET HOCA "HAYDAR BAŞ HZ. ÖMER'e İFTİRA EDİYOR" | date = 18 February 2013 | language = tr | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231006043620/https://www.youtube.com/ | archive-date = 6 October 2023 | publisher = YouTube | access-date = 3 July 2016 | url-status = bot: unknown }}

In his hometown, Trabzon, eight of his family members tested positive for COVID-19 amid the coronavirus pandemic. On 9 April, he started receiving treatment in a private hospital in the Akçaabat district. After receiving treatment for four days in the private hospital, he was taken to the intensive care unit as he needed respiratory support. He was transferred to the Kanuni Education and Research Hospital on 13 April. Baş died due to complications from COVID-19 on 14 April 2020.{{cite news |title=Son dakika... Haydar Baş koronavirüs nedeniyle hayatını kaybetti |url=https://www.cnnturk.com/video/turkiye/son-dakika-haydar-bas-koronavirus-nedeniyle-hayatini-kaybetti |access-date=14 April 2020 |agency=Demirören News Agency |publisher=CNN Türk |date=14 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200414175534/https://www.cnnturk.com/video/turkiye/son-dakika-haydar-bas-koronavirus-nedeniyle-hayatini-kaybetti |archive-date=14 April 2020 |language=tr}}{{cite news |title="Allah'tan geldik, O'na döneceğiz" |url=http://yenimesaj.com.tr/allahtan-geldik-ona-donecegiz-H1340499.htm?fbclid=IwAR1Rq_KReaZnKXNC1AbHcGalH0Mpf5iHq3Z7gOK_vtOnM0NTwBOY392DtFs |access-date=14 April 2020 |publisher=Yeni Mesaj |date=14 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200415000823/http://yenimesaj.com.tr/allahtan-geldik-ona-donecegiz-H1340499.htm?fbclid=IwAR1Rq_KReaZnKXNC1AbHcGalH0Mpf5iHq3Z7gOK_vtOnM0NTwBOY392DtFs |archive-date=15 April 2020 |language=tr}} He was 73.

The funeral prayer for Baş was performed on the Trabzon Coast Road Side Yeni Mahalle Fair Area in Yenimahalle, in the Ortahisar district of Trabzon on 15 April. His son Osman Baş performed the funeral prayer. He was buried in the Martyrdom Hill in Akçaabat district. Trabzon Governor İsmail Ustaoğlu, Trabzon Police Chief Metin Alper, Trabzon Metropolitan Mayor Murat Zorluoğlu, Akçabat Mayor Osman Nuri Ekim and Ortahisar Mayor Ahmet Metin Genç attended the funeral prayer.{{cite news |last=Eksik |first=Seyit Ahmet |title=BTP Genel Başkanı Haydar Baş, son yolculuğuna uğurlandı |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/turkiye/btp-genel-baskani-haydar-bas-son-yolculuguna-ugurlandi/1806151 |access-date=16 April 2020 |agency=Anadolu Agency |date=15 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200415231606/https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/turkiye/btp-genel-baskani-haydar-bas-son-yolculuguna-ugurlandi/1806151 |archive-date=15 April 2020 |location=Trabzon |language=tr}}{{cite news |title=ASRIN ÇINARI UĞURLANDI |url=https://www.yenimesaj.com.tr/asrin-cinari-ugurlandi-H1340555.htm |access-date=16 April 2020 |publisher=Yeni Mesaj |date=15 April 2020 |language=tr |location=Trabzon}} After his death, his son Hüseyin Baş succeeded to the party's leadership.

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