Ahmet Koç (politician)

Ahmet Koç (5 May 1977 – 7 March 2024) was a Belgian politician who was a member of the sp.a until 2016, when he was expelled from the party.

In 1995, he obtained a degree in economics-modern languages at Sint-Jozefcollege in Beringen, after which he studied political science at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB; 'Free University of Brussels'), where he obtained a master's degree in international and European law.

[3] In the June 2010 parliamentary elections, Koç stood in fourth place for the Limburg constituency.

Koç was a supporter of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's policies.

Shortly after the failed coup, he posted the following statement on Facebook: "Allah, protect us from the land traitors.