Remzi Çayır is a Turkish far-right politician and the founder and leader of the National Path Party.
Personal life
He was born on 1 January 1959, in the Abbaslar village of Kahramanmaraş Province. Before the 1980 Turkish coup d'état, he was arrested in 1979 and imprisoned for his Idealist activities while he was a student at Ankara University Faculty of Science. He received a degree in economics while in prison. He was released from prison in 1991.
He was a friend of Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu and took part in assisting Yazıcıoğlu in the establishment process of the Great Unity Party. He participated in the court case of the murder of Yazıcıoğlu. During the assassination of Sinan Ateş, he said that the killers of Ateş were the same ones who killed Yazıcıoğlu.
He became a candidate for the mayor of Ankara as a member of the BBP in the 2014 local elections. He left the BBP in 2018 after serving in the party's leadership for 25 years. Shortly after leaving the BBP, he survived an assassination attempt. He founded the National Path Party in 2021. He is a critic of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
References
- "Milli Yol Partisi ve Remzi Çayır..." Yeniçağ Gazetesi (in Turkish). 7 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
- Duvar, Gazete (14 February 2022). "Milli Yol Partisi'nden Yazıcıoğlu davasında açıklama: Bu tuhaflığa son verilmeli" (in Turkish). Retrieved 9 March 2024.
- "Remzi Çayır'dan Sinan Ateş açıklaması - Çağdaş Kocaeli Gazetesi". www.cagdaskocaeli.com.tr. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
- "BBP ANKARA BÜYÜKŞEHİR BELEDİYE BAŞKAN ADAYI ÇAYIR: "ANKARA'YI AYAĞA KALDIRACAĞIZ"". Milliyet (in Turkish). 18 February 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
- İHA. "Remzi Çayır BBP'den istifa etti". CNN TÜRK (in Turkish). Retrieved 9 March 2024.
- Odatv (7 November 2018). "BBP'de işe silah karıştı". Odatv (in Turkish). Retrieved 9 March 2024.
- ^ Habertürk. "Milli Yol Hareketi Sözcüsü Çayır: "Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu'na yapılan bir suikasttır" - Balıkesir Haberleri". Habertürk (in Turkish). Retrieved 9 March 2024.
- "Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu'nun yol arkadaşı Remzi Çayır Sinan Oğan'a seslendi". Yeniçağ Gazetesi (in Turkish). 22 May 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2024.