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Ilhan Kyuchyuk, official European Parliament portrait

Member of the European Parliament · Bulgaria Renew

Ilhan Kyuchyuk

MEP for Bulgaria · Renew Europe · Movement for Rights and Freedoms · official EP profile

As of 12 September 2026, Ilhan Kyuchyuk (Renew, Bulgaria) has declared 180 lobby meetings this term - rank 100 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.

That is one of the fuller declaration sheets in the Parliament - 2.1× the average member, and 22 of 77 within Renew Europe.

41% of this MEP's declared counterpart entries, including diplomatic and government entries, carry a declared EU Transparency Register link - below the like-for-like raw Parliament-wide share of 51%.

180
declared meetings
current term
180
records since 2019
full dataset
41%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
100/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
22/77
rank in Renew

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Compared with the averages

Ilhan Kyuchyuk, this term
180
Parliament average
85
Renew average
140

Transparency this term

Monthly declared meetings (bars) and the share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link, including diplomatic and government entries (line), July 2024 to September 2026. This is the same current-term window as the figures above, beginning 16 July 2024.

Current month, partial through 11 Sep 2026: 0 declared meetings in Sep 2026. Peak: 17 in Jun 2025.

0%25%50%75%100%July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 7 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 6 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 4 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 8 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 14 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 12 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 0 declared meetingsApril 2025: 3 declared meetingsMay 2025: 15 declared meetingsJune 2025: 17 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 4 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 16 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 13 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 12 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 3 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 5 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 8 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 6 declared meetingsApril 2026: 10 declared meetingsMay 2026: 5 declared meetingsJune 2026: 9 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 3 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link202420252026
declared meetings per monthall counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link; diplomacy included (right axis)

Busiest month: 17 declared in June 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Ilhan Kyuchyuk meets most

Declared counterpartMeetings
TotalEnergies SE3
Turkish Cypriot Members of Parliament3
ExxonMobil Petroleum & Chemical2
International Trademark Association2
World Uyghur Congress2

Counterparts are merged by resolved Transparency Register identity where possible. An entry counts as register-linked above only when the MEP declaration itself carries a Register link.

Where the meetings cluster

Most-met sectors

Technology & digital (17), Human rights & humanitarian (15), Energy (12)

Meetings by committee topic

Legal Affairs (99), Foreign Affairs (53), Human Rights (8), Environment, Climate and Food Safety (4)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
16 Jul 2026Sports Rights Owners' Coalition MemberOnline piracy
14 Jul 2026General Council Spanish NotariatMemberImpact of the EU 28th regime
1 Jul 2026Turkish exporters AssemblyMemberEu-Türkiye customs relations
30 Jun 2026Victim Support Europe MemberSupport to victims in Bulgaria
30 Jun 2026Allied For Startups asbl European Startup Network ivzwMemberImpact of the EU 28th regime for start-ups and SMEs
24 Jun 2026Civil society in the penal system Association (CISST); Permanent Representative of Türkiye to the European UnionMemberEU-Türkiye relations
24 Jun 2026EuropeanIssuersMemberImpact of the EU 28 regime for companies
24 Jun 2026Law Society of England and Wales MemberEU-UK relations
24 Jun 2026FanaticsMemberCounterfeit goods online
24 Jun 2026Chief of Staff to the Acting President of the Republic of KosovoMemberEU enlargement (European Visitors' Program)
Show 20 more meetings
DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
3 Jun 2026Turkish Cypriot Chief NegotiatorMemberReunification of the island - challenges and opportunities
2 Jun 2026Parliamentary delegation from TürkiyeMemberEU-Türkiye relations
20 May 2026Turkish Cypriot Members of ParliamentMemberEconomic development and security measures in the region
12 May 2026Khmer Movement for DemocracyMemberGlobal cybercrime
12 May 2026Western Balkans 2030 InitiativeMemberEU enlargement
7 May 2026Young MÜSİADMemberEU-Türkiye trade and customs Union
4 May 2026Jet BankMemberDigital banking, due dilligence and anti-fraud measures in EU-accession countries
29 Apr 2026H.E. Ambassador Petar Markovic - Head of Mission of Montenegro to the EUMemberEU enlargement
29 Apr 2026UNWRAMemberSupport for UN agencies
24 Apr 2026Bulgarian Association of the tabacco industry and National Association of tabaccoMemberAppropriate and predictable economic measures for businesses in the EU
22 Apr 2026Donika Gërvalla – Schwarz, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice of the Republic of KosovoShadow rapporteurEU enlargement and the strive for Rule of law
15 Apr 2026International Trademark Association Memberexchange of views on key legal and policy issues where IP and EU legal frameworks intersect
14 Apr 2026Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the European Union, H.E. Ambassador Nerijus AleksiejūnasMemberexchange of views on the upcoming Lithuania Presidency of the Council of the European Union and the draft Presidency Trio programme
14 Apr 2026Bundesnotarkammer Memberexchange of views regarding the 28th regime in company law and related initiatives
9 Apr 2026Minister of Economy and Commerce of the Kyrgyz RepublicMemberexchange of views on EU-Kyrgyzstan relations and cooperation
8 Apr 2026Permanent Representative of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of CrimeaMemberexchange of views regarding the situation in the temporarily occupied Crimea and the condition of Crimean political prisoners
8 Apr 2026Turkish Cypriot Chamber of Commerce MemberEconomic developments in Northern Cyprus
26 Mar 2026Turkish Delegation of CHP RepresentativesMemberexchange of views on EU-Türkiye cooperation and partnership.
25 Mar 2026Central European Media EnterprisesMemberPiracy Online
18 Mar 2026Bulgarian members of the European Brands AssociationMemberCircle economy

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Ilhan Kyuchyuk held the seat, 537 of them the final vote on a text. A member with no vote recorded may have been on parliamentary business, ill, on leave, or present without voting - the published record does not distinguish these and gives no reason. Votes taken by show of hands or by secret ballot are not recorded by name and are absent here.

94%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
521
final texts voted on
of 537
95%
voted with the Renew majority
on 508 final texts
27
differed from Renew
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Ilhan Kyuchyuk537 final votes
88%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

With and against the group

On the 508 final texts where more than half of Renew members casting a vote went one way, and Ilhan Kyuchyuk also voted. Groups are not bound to vote together: a Member's mandate is personal and exercised freely, so neither figure is a measure of performance.

Voted with the Renew majority48195%
Voted differently275%

Final texts where Ilhan Kyuchyuk differed from the Renew majority

DateTextTheir voteRenew majority
8 July 2026B10-0333/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
8 July 2026B10-0335/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst
17 June 2026A10-0161/2026 – Tomáš Kubín – Commission proposal to the CouncilForAgainst
17 June 2026A10-0106/2026 – Nacho Sánchez Amor – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
17 June 2026A10-0134/2026 – Saskia Bricmont – Draft Council decisionAbstainedFor
17 June 2026A10-0160/2026 – Tomáš Kubín – Commission proposal to the CouncilForAgainst
12 February 2026RC-B10-0120/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
11 February 2026B10-0108/2026 – Motion for a resolutionForAgainst
11 February 2026B10-0109/2026 – Motion for a resolutionForAgainst
11 February 2026B10-0106/2026 – Motion for a resolutionForAgainst

17 further instances are not listed. All roll-call votes.

Unlinked but matchable

29 counterpart entrys in Ilhan Kyuchyuk's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:

Matching is automated and can be wrong - see how matching works. Linking the register entry is the fix, and it is the MEP office's to make.