Beşir Atalay | |
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| Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey | |
| In office 14 July 2011 – 29 August 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
| Serving with | Bülent Arınç Ali Babacan Bekir Bozdağ Emrullah İşler |
| Preceded by | Cemil Çiçek |
| Succeeded by | Numan Kurtulmuş |
| Minister of the Interior | |
| In office 28 August 2007 – 14 July 2011 | |
| Prime Minister | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
| Preceded by | Abdülkadir Aksu |
| Succeeded by | İdris Naim Şahin |
| Minister of state | |
| In office 19 November 2002 – 28 August 2007 | |
| Prime Minister | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
| Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
| In office 1 November 2015 – 24 June 2018 | |
| Constituency | Van (Nov 2015) |
| In office 14 November 2002 – 7 June 2015 | |
| Constituency | Ankara(II) (2002,2007) Kırıkkale (2011) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1947-01-15)15 January 1947 (age 78) Keskin,Turkey |
| Political party | Justice and Development Party (2001 - 2019) |
| Alma mater | Ankara University |
Beşir Atalay (pronounced[beʃiɾˈataɫaj]; born 1947) is aTurkish politician who wasDeputy Prime Minister of Turkey in the government ofRecep Tayyip Erdoğan from 2011 to 2014. Previously he was minister of interior from 28 August 2007 to 14 July 2011.
Born inKeskin,Kırıkkale Province, he graduated from the Faculty of Law atAnkara University and worked as a lecturer atAtatürk University inErzurum. He then worked at theState Planning Organization (DPT),Marmara University, andUNESCO's Turkish National Commission. Atalay was the founding rector of theKırıkkale University until he was removed from office by the Board of Higher Education (YÖK) in the aftermath of theTurkish military memorandum of 1997, on grounds he was involved in activities contrary to the interests of the state.[1]
In theGeneral Elections of 2002, he was elected a member of theGrand National Assembly of Turkey representing Ankara for the AKP[2] and later he became a minister of state in Erdoğan's first cabinet following PresidentAhmet Necdet Sezer's veto of a proposal to appoint Atalay as minister of education. Then in August 2007 he was appointedinterior minister, one of the few cabinet changes following the re-election of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan that summer, and also following Sezer's retirement from the presidency. In 2009, he was assigned with the task to find a solution to theTurkish Kurdish conflict, a project which lasted until December 2009 and was not supported by theRepublican People's Party (CHP) and theNationalist Movement Party (MHP).[3] In 2011, he was named deputy prime minister with the responsibility of human rights and the fight against terrorism and served in the post until 2014. He was re-elected to the Turkish Parliament in thegeneral elections of November 2015, this time representing the province of Van for the AKP,[4] but did not stand as a candidate in 2018.[1]
Beşir Atalay is married to Yıldız Atalay and has three children. He is a member of theCommunity of İskenderpaşa, a Turkish sufistic community ofNaqshbanditariqah.[5]
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by | Minister of the Interior 2007–2011 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | First Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey 2011–2014 | Succeeded by |
Gül Cabinet (2002–2003) | ||
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| Prime Minister | Abdullah Gül (2002–2003) | .svg) |
| Deputy Prime Ministers | ||
| Minister of State | ||
| Minister of Justice | Cemil Çiçek (2002–2003) | |
| Minister of National Defense | Mehmet Vecdi Gönül (2002–2003) | |
| Minister of Interior | Abdülkadir Aksu (2002–2003) | |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Yaşar Yakış (2002–2003) | |
| Minister of Finance | Kemal Unakıtan (2002–2003) | |
| Minister of National Education | Erkan Mumcu (2002–2003) | |
| Minister of Public Works and Settlement | Zeki Ergezen (2002–2003) | |
| Minister of Health | Recep Akdağ (2002–2003) | |
| Minister of Transport and Communication | Binali Yıldırım (2002–2003) | |
| Minister of Agriculture | Sami Güçlü (2002–2003) | |
| Minister of Labour and Social Security | Murat Başesgioğlu (2002–2003) | |
| Minister of Industry and Commerce | Ali Coşkun (2002–2003) | |
| Minister of Energy and Natural Resources | Mehmet Hilmi Güler (2002–2003) | |
| Minister of Culture | Hüseyin Çelik (2002–2003) | |
| Minister of Tourism | Güldal Akşit (2002–2003) | |
| Minister of Environment | İmdat Sütlüoğlu (2002–2003) | |
| Minister of Forestry | Osman Pepe (2002–2003) | |
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