Yalçın Akdoğan | |
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| Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey | |
| In office 29 August 2014 – 24 May 2016 | |
| Prime Minister | Ahmet Davutoğlu |
| Served with | Bülent Arınç(2014–2015) Ali Babacan(2014–2015) Cevdet Yılmaz(2015) Numan Kurtulmuş Lütfi Elvan Tuğrul Türkeş Mehmet Şimşek |
| Preceded by | Emrullah İşler |
| Succeeded by | Nurettin Canikli |
| Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
| Assumed office 12 June 2011 | |
| Constituency | Ankara(I) (2011,June 2015,Nov 2015,2018) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1969-09-22)22 September 1969 (age 56) |
| Political party | Justice and Development Party (AKP) |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | Journalism |
| Alma mater | Anadolu University |
| Occupation | Politician, academic, journalist |
| Cabinet | 62nd,63rd,64th |
Yalçın Akdoğan (born 22 September 1969) is a Turkish politician who served asDeputy Prime Minister of Turkey from 2014 to 2016. A member of the rulingJustice and Development Party (AKP), Akdoğan became aMember of Parliament representingAnkara'sfirst electoral district at the2011 general election and wasre-elected in June 2015.
Prior to being elected Akdoğan was an academic and a journalist, having taught at theBahçeşehir University andAnadolu University and written forYeni Şafak andStar among others.[1] He namedTraditionalist authorsRené Guénon andSeyyed Hossein Nasr as his favourite writers.[2]
Akdoğan was appointed as a Deputy Prime Minister in theGovernment ofAhmet Davutoğlu on 29 August 2014. He was responsible for theSolution process withKurdish militants, designed to end the40 years of conflict with Kurdish militants. He acted as the chief government negotiator during peace talks until they collapsed in 2015.
Akdoğan was born on 22 September 1969 inÜsküdar,Istanbul. He graduated fromAnadolu University Faculty of Communications, where he had studied in the Department of Printing and Publishing. He served his compulsory military service in theTurkish Navy between 1991 and 1993. He received a master's degree in communication sciences from the same university and pursued a doctorate concerning political and social sciences atMarmara University, becoming aDocent in 2007.[3]
Akdoğan began his journalism career after receivingwork experience atMilliyet, he was awarded for news reporting, research and studying as well as formatting during theHürriyet Foundation Young Journalists competition in 1991. He has worked atYeni Şafak,Star,İç Anadolu,Milli Gazete as well as numerous magazines such asNehir andYeni Zemin. He later served as the advisor responsible for the press forMinisters of State.[4]
Akdoğan served as the Director of Education, Culture and Public Relations at theMunicipality of Pendik, a district in Istanbul. He became a member of theJustice and Development Party (AKP) and became an advisor for the party leader (at the timeRecep Tayyip Erdoğan). He became aMember of Parliament representingAnkara'sfirst electoral district at the2011 general election and wasre-elected in June 2015.[5]
Akdoğan was well known for being one of the most influential contributors to shaping the Justice and Development Party's political ideology and outlook. He published his bookMuhafazakâr Demokrasi (Conservative Democracy) in July 2004, discussing the AKP's declared ideological placement.[6] In the book he used the concept offreedom of religion developed byAli Fuat Başgil.[7]
Prime MinisterRecep Tayyip Erdoğan waselected President in August 2014, after which serving Foreign MinisterAhmet Davutoğlu waselected as AKP leader soon after. In thenew government led by Davutoğlu, Akdoğan was appointed asDeputy Prime Minister of Turkey, serving alongsideBülent Arınç,Ali Babacan andNuman Kurtulmuş. Akdoğan's close relations to Erdoğan fuelled speculation that Davutoğlu would take a submissive approach while Erdoğan continued to pursue his political agenda despite thePresidency being a largely ceremonial office. In the new cabinet, Akdoğan mainly focussed on thepeace process withKurdish militants.[8]
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