Background
Toker was born in 1957 in Istanbul.
Toker was born in 1957 in Istanbul.
He graduated from British College, İstanbul and then earned his bachelor in economics from Arizona State University.
He was elected in the fourth ordinary party congress on June 20, 2005. He worked in finance sector and formed a company on international consultancy, guidance and language services. Toker is single and has no children.
From 2003 to 2005, he served as the deputy chairman of Liberal Democratic Party. He has been elected as the president of the party for the first time at the 4th ordinary congress of Liberal Democratic Party in June 2005.
He has been reelected twice in March 2008 and October 2010. He is the architect of the Liberal Democratic Party led umbrella alliance offer in 2006.
The offer was still a possibility in 2007 and in 2011 elections.
His political career in the Liberal Democratic Party started in 1996. Toker served as an executive and the chairman of Istanbul branch of Liberal Democratic Party, He also served as the party"s deputy secretary-general and secretary-general. He offered an alliance to 9 political parties both from left and right (including Anavatan and Demokratik Sol Parti) for the basic values of republic against governing conservative party, AKP.
