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Mücahit Arslan
Turkish politician
Ali İhsan Arslan (more commonly referred to as Mücahit Arslan) is a Turkish politician from the Justice and Development Party (AKP) who has served as a Member of Parliament for Ankara's first electoral district since 7 June 2015. He is the son of İhsan Arslan, the two-term AKP MP from Diyarbakır between 2002 and 2011.
As one of the closest advisors to former Prime Minister and incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Arslan has been described as the Turkish media as Erdoğan's "secret-keeper" and "most secretive" advisor.[1] His candidacy to become an MP in the June 2015 general election was viewed by many commentators as Erdoğan's attempt to dominate his former party with politicians loyal to him in order to maintain his influence in the political process.