Career
He has been a columnist for Birgün. In 1983 he was elected deputy chairman of the Social Democratic Populist Party (SHP). The SHP merged with the Republican People"s Party (CHP) in the 1990s.
Sağlar was a minister both in the 50th and in the 52nd government of Turkey.
In 2001 Sağlar resigned from the CHP along with several others, having been referred to a disciplinary board (which cleared him) for allegedly working against the CHP"s interests. He co-founded the new Social Democratic People"s Party in 2002, becoming its Secretary-General.
In 2002 he was charged, along with some others, with insulting the government, due to some comments in a television discussion programme. He is the author of two books, Code Name Susurluk and Contemporary Culture from National to the Global.
