Saffet Sancaklı
Saffet Sancaklı is a Turkish former international footballer and current politician. He is a deputy of Nationalist Movement Party, representing city of Kocaeli.
Sancaklı scored 130 goals in Süper Lig with different teams. He is third player who played at the Big Three of Turkey, Beşiktaş, Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe. He also played for Kültürspor, Vefa SK, Eskişehirspor, Sarıyer, Kocaelispor and Konyaspor.
International career
Sancaklı played for Turkey national football team and was a participant at the 1996 UEFA European Championship.
Post-football career
After retiring football, he went into politics from Nationalist Movement Party. He ran for deputyship from İstanbul in Turkish general elections in 2011 and ran for mayor of Kocaeli metropolitan municipality in Turkish local elections in 2014, but was successful in neither. He was finally elected as deputy from Kocaeli in the Turkish general elections of June 2015, and reelected in the November 2015 Turkish general election.