Nor would his family and friends. His parents were from modest Anatolian families. His father was an ordinary state employee at the land registry office with limited income to raise their seven children.
Kemal was the only one in the family who graduated from university Kılıçdaroğlu’s family comes from a local tribe called the Kureyşan, known as a holy kin group among the Alevis. The tribe is considered to have descended from Caliph Ali and Kılıçdaroğlu does not deny this. This also brings clues about his dignified character and cool and tolerant approach to almost every issue, even in strained times.
The reflections of this culture and philosophy of Alevi belief surely can be found in Kılıçdaroğlu’s identity.Beginning his career as a certified public accountant at the Finance Ministry in 1971, Kılıçdaroğlu learned how being an honest state employee helps a worker earn promotions. He still describes himself as “a former public accountant,” in a move to emphasize the qualifications of this specific bureaucratic post.
