Zühtü Arslan

{{Short description|President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Turkey (2015–2024)}}

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Zühtü Arslan (born 1 January 1964) is a Turkish judge and former president of the Constitutional Court of Turkey.

Biography

Arslan was born in Sorgun district of the Yozgat Province in Turkey. In 1987 he graduated from Ankara University The School of Political Sciences.{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}} He got his master's degree from University of Leicester in 1996.{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}} He later worked as a president of the Turkish National Police Academy.{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}} On 10 February 2015, he was elected as the deputy president of the court.

He is married with four children.[http://www.kimkimdir.gen.tr/kimkimdir.php?id=5255 Zühtü Arslan biyografisi] kimkimdir.gen.tr {{in lang|tr}}

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Category:1964 births

Category:Living people

Category:Alumni of the University of Leicester

Category:People from Sorgun, Yozgat

Category:Turkish civil servants

Category:Turkish judges

Category:Presidents of the Constitutional Court of Turkey

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