Sadettin Ergeç is an Iraqi Turkmen

Iraqi Turkmen

The Iraqi Turkmen are an ethnic group who mainly reside in northern Iraq. Estimates of their numbers vary dramatically, in accordance with Iraq's assimilation policies no realistic and independent census results have been revealed regarding the Iraqi Turkmen population...

 politician and the leader of the Iraqi Turkmen Front

Iraqi Turkmen Front

The Iraqi Turkmen Front is a political movement founded in 1995 which seeks to represent the Turkmen people of Iraq. Since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003, the ITF has contested control of Kirkuk and other areas of northern Iraq....

 (ITF) political party. In December 2005, he was elected

Iraqi legislative election, December 2005

Following the ratification of the Constitution of Iraq on 15 October 2005, a general election was held on 15 December to elect a permanent 275-member Iraqi Council of Representatives....

 as the sole member

Members of the 1st Iraqi Council of Representatives

The members of the first Iraqi Council of Representatives were elected in December 2005 under the newly-adopted constitution.The main functions of the Council were to:...

 of the Iraqi Council of Representatives (CoR) on the ITF list. Reports in the press about him sometimes do not use the Turkish spelling of his name, but follow Arabic-to-English transliteration

Transliteration

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, thereby resulting in references to Saadeddin Arkej.