Aktan was undergoing medical treatment in a hospital in Ankara due to a heart condition.

Aktan was elected MP in general elections in 2007. He served as the Turkish ambassador to Greece and Japan. Aktan was married with two children.

With Aktan's death, number MPs of the Nationalist Movement Party dropped to 69 as number of vacant seats rose to four.


An updated allocation of seats in Turkish parliament is as follows:


The Justice and Development (AK) Party : 338

Republican People's Party (CHP): 98

The Nationalist Movement Party (MHP): 69

Democratic Society Party (DTP) : 21

Democratic Left Party (DSP): 13

Freedom and Solidarity Party (ODP): 1

Great Unity Party (BBP): 1

Independents: 5

Vacant: 4

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