Salih Uzun

Mehmet Salih Uzun (born 1970) is a Turkish politician and former and final leader of the Motherland Party (Anavatan Partisi, ANAP).

Biography Uzun was born in the northwestern Anatolian town of Gölcük in Kocaeli Province. He graduated from the Ankara University's Faculty of Political Sciences. After receiving his Master's degree from the same university, Uzun completed his PhD at Selçuk University.

Salih Uzun was elected 7th president of ANAP at the party congress on October 26, 2008. He served as leader until October 2009 when Motherland Party was merged to Democratic Party. He is succeeded by Hüsamettin Cindoruk, who is the leader of Democrat Party. He left the leadership in 2011.

In 2023 Turkish parliamentary elections, he was elected as a member Grand National Assembly of Turkey for İzmir. Although he was a member of the Democrat Party, he was elected via CHP list. In 2024, he resigned from the party and became independent. At a TV programme on 2 February 2025, he announced he is going to join Republican People's Party on 4 February 2025. and he joined the CHP on 4 February 2025.

He is married and has a child.