Hasan Bitmez

Hasan Bitmez (15 December 1969 – 14 December 2023) was a Turkish politician who was a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey for the Felicity Party.

Early life Born in the town of Alucra on 15 December 1969, Bitmez attended Gebze Imam-Hatip High School in Istanbul, and criticizing the ongoing relationship between Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and Israel. As he collapsed, it was reported that one or more AKP members of parliament chanted "this is the wrath of Allah". He died at Ankara Bilkent City Hospital two days later, on 14 December, one day before his 54th birthday. He was buried at Merkezefendi Cemetery in Istanbul.

Bitmez is the fourth MP in the history of Turkey to have died during or after an event that took place in the Assembly, following Halid Karsıalan, Mehmet Abdurrezak Ceylan, and Mehmet Fevzi Şıhanlıoğlu. Following his death, the Felicity and Future Alliance failed to maintain the 20-deputy quota to unify, and it subsequently fell apart. However, CHP Kütahya MP Ali Fazıl Kasap switched parties and refounded the group until the group dissolved to create New Path.