Ertunç Erkan Balta

Ertunç Erkan Balta is a Turkish lawyer and politician. He served as Artvin deputy from the AK Party in the 27th term of the Turkish Grand National Assembly, and was elected as a member of the Ombudsman Institution in November 2024.

His life and political career

He was born in Artvin in 1972. He studied primary and secondary school at Gazi Primary School and 50. Yıl Secondary School in Artvin, and then attended industrial vocational high school. He completed his higher education at Istanbul University Faculty of Law and worked as a freelance lawyer in Artvin for many years.

He served as the AK Party Artvin Provincial Chairman between 2011 and 2018. He was elected as an Artvin MP in the 2018 general elections and served in the Parliament for the 27th term from 7 July 2018 to 14 May 2023. He was among those elected as ombudsmen within the scope of Law No. 6328 in the vote held at the General Assembly of the Turkish Grand National Assembly in November 2024.

He speaks English at an intermediate level.