Orhan Birgit

Orhan Birgit (13 July 1927 – 15 October 2019) was a Turkish lawyer, politician and journalist.

He was a member of the Republican People's Party (CHP) and served as the minister of tourism in the first cabinet of Bülent Ecevit in 1974.

[5] He was arrested during the Istanbul pogrom on 7 September 1955 due to his KTC membership and was acquitted on all counts.

[2][5] In 1958 he established a weekly news magazine, Kim, with Şahap Balcıoğlu, Ali İhsan Göğüş and Özcan Ergüder.

[2] In 1991 he was again elected to the Parliament from Istanbul for the Democratic Left Party led by Bülent Ecevit.