Ali Topuz

Ali Topuz (1932–2019) was a Turkish architect and social democratic politician who held several cabinet posts in the late 1970s.

[4] The group included Aytekin Kotil, Necdet Uğur, Orhan Eyüpoğlu, Tarhan Erdem and other leading figures who were the earliest supporter of Bülent Ecevit against İsmet İnönü in the election of the CHP chairmanship in 1972.

[7] Topuz was again named as the minister of village affairs and cooperatives on 5 January 1978[8] serving in the next cabinet of Ecevit until 1979.

Topuz and Aytekin Kotil supported the leadership of Deniz Baykal against Erdal İnönü in the party.

[3] During his last term at the Parliament he reported that the United States had been employing the PKK, a Kurdish terrorist group, against Turkey.