Background
Ömer İzgi was born on 1 January 1940 in Doğanhisar, Konya and graduated from Ankara University Faculty of Law and also obtained a master"s degree in Civil Law in the same faculty.
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He worked as the chief expert at the Prime Ministry of Turkey before becoming a freelance lawyer On 30 November 1985, the Member of Parliament renamed itself and became the Nationalist Labour Party (Turkish: Milliyetçi Çalışma Partisi, MÇP). İzgi subsequently became the Deputy Secretary General of the new party.
On 24 January 1993, the MÇP renamed itself for a second time and became the Nationalist Movement Party (Turkish: Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi, MHP).
İzgi served as the head of the MHP"s Ankara Provincial Branch and also served as Deputy Leader of the party. Speaker of Parliament
İzgi was elected to Parliament as an Member of Parliament for Konya in the 1999 general election and subsequently became the MHP"s parliamentary group leader.
He was the MHP"s candidate to succeed former Prime Minister Yıldırım Akbulut as the Speaker of the Grand National Assembly in 2000 and served as Speaker until the 21st Parliament of Turkey came to an end with the November 2002 general election.
Achievements
Politics
Turkish nationalism.
Membership
He was a Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Konya between 1999 and 2002 from the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), but lost his seat in the 2002 general election. In 1983, İzgi became one of the founding members of the Conservative Party (Turkish: Muhafazakâr Parti, Member of Parliament).
