Deniz Baykal

**Deniz Baykal** (20 July 1938 – 11 February 2023) was a Turkish politician and academic. He was the leader of the Republican People's Party (CHP) and the leader of the Main Opposition in Turkey. He has been the Member of Parliament for Antalya since 2002.

He quit his academic career and was elected as the Member of Parliament from the Republican People's Party in 1973. He served as the Deputy Prime Minister, the Minister of Finance, Energy and Foreign Affairs in various times.

He resigned as leader of the Republican People's Party on May 10, 2010.

Because he was the oldest MP, he became the interim Speaker of the Parliament until the election of the permanent speaker. He became CHP's nominee for the election.

## Other websites

- CHP official website

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: Deniz Baykal
- **honorific suffix**: Member of Parliament#Turkey, MP Ph.D.
- **image**: Deniz_Baykal2.jpg
- **imagesize**: 220px
- **office**: List of Speakers of the Parliament of Turkey, Speaker of the Grand National Assembly

- **term start**: 17 November 2015
- **term end**: 22 November 2015
- **president**: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
- **predecessor**: İsmet Yılmaz
- **successor**: İsmail Kahraman
- **term start1**: 23 June 2015
- **term end1**: 1 July 2015
- **president1**: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
- **predecessor1**: Cemil Çiçek
- **successor1**: İsmet Yılmaz
- **office2**: Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey
- **term start2**: 31 October 1995
- **term end2**: 6 March 1996
- **primeminister2**: Tansu Çiller
- **predecessor2**: Necmettin Cevheri
- **successor2**: Nahit Menteşe
- **birth place**: Antalya, Turkey
- **death place**: Ankara, Turkey
- **resting place**: Turkish State Cemetery
- **office3**: List of the main opposition leaders of Turkey, Leader of the Opposition
- **term start3**: 19 November 2002
- **term end3**: 22 May 2010
- **primeminister3**: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Abdullah Gül
- **predecessor3**: Tansu Çiller
- **successor3**: Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu
- **office4**: List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs (Turkey), 34th Minister of Foreign Affairs (Turkey), Minister of Foreign Affairs
- **term start4**: 31 October 1995
- **term end4**: 6 March 1996
- **primeminister4**: Tansu Çiller
- **predecessor4**: Ali Coşkun Kırca
- **successor4**: Emre Gönensay
- **alma mater**: University of Ankara
University of California, Berkeley, University of California
Columbia University
- **party**: Republican People's Party (Turkey), Republican People's Party (1973–1980, 1992–2023)
Social Democratic People's Party (Turkey), Social Democratic People's Party (1987–1992)
- **children**: 2
- **office5**: Socialist International, Vice President of Socialist International
- **term start5**: 31 October 2003
- **term end5**: 2 July 2008
- **1blankname5**: Country
- **president5**: António Guterres
George Papandreou
- **predecessor5**: Erdal İnönü
- **successor5**: Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu
- **order6**: Republican People's Party (Turkey)#Historical leaders, 4th  Republican People's Party (Turkey), Leader of the Republican People's Party
- **term start6**: 30 September 2000
- **term end6**: 10 May 2010
- **predecessor6**: Altan Öymen
- **successor6**: Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu
- **term start7**: 9 September 1995
- **term end7**: 23 May 1999
- **predecessor7**: Hikmet Çetin
- **successor7**: Altan Öymen
- **term start8**: 9 September 1992
- **term end8**: 18 February 1995
- **predecessor8**: Bülent Ecevit
- **successor8**: Hikmet Çetin
- **office10**: Ministry of Finance (Turkey), Minister of Finance
- **term start10**: 26 January 1974
- **term end10**: 17 November 1974
- **primeminister10**: Bülent Ecevit
- **predecessor10**: Sadık Tekin Müftüoğlu
- **successor10**: :tr:Bedri Gürsoy (akademisyen), Bedri Gürsoy
- **office9**: Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources (Turkey), Minister of Energy and Natural Resources
- **term start9**: 5 January 1978
- **term end9**: 12 November 1979
- **primeminister9**: Bülent Ecevit
- **predecessor9**: Kamran İnan
- **successor9**: Ahmet Esat Kıratlıoğlu
- **term start11**: 14 November 2002
- **term end11**: 11 February 2023
- **constituency11**: Antalya (electoral district), Antalya (2002 Turkish general election, 2002, 2007 Turkish general election, 2007, 2011 Turkish general election, 2011, June 2015 Turkish general election, June 2015, November 2015 Turkish general election, Nov 2015, 2018 Turkish general election, 2018)
- **term start12**: 14 December 1987
- **term end12**: 18 April 1999
- **constituency12**: Antalya (electoral district), Antalya (1987 Turkish general election, 1987, 1991 Turkish general election, 1991, 1995 Turkish general election, 1995)
- **term start13**: 14 October 1973
- **term end13**: 12 September 1980
- **constituency13**: Antalya (electoral district), Antalya (1973 Turkish general election, 1973, 1977 Turkish general election, 1977)