İdris Güllüce (born 11 February 1950) is a

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civil engineer and politician who served as the Minister of Environment and Urban Planning of

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between 2013 and 2015. As a member of the

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(AKP), he served as a

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for İstanbul's first electoral district between 2007 and November 2015.

Early life

İdris Güllüce was born to Hüseyin Güllüce and his wife Sıddıka in

Hasankale Pasinler or Basean ( tr, Pasinler; hy, Բասէն, translit=Pasēn; ka, ბასიანი, tr; la, Phasiani; el, Φασιανοί, translit=Phasianoí; formerly Hasankale and Hesenqele, meaning "the fortress of Hasan"), is a town in Erzuru ...

(today Pasinler) of

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on 11 February 1950. He was educated in

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Yıldız Technical University Yıldız Technical University ( Tr. ''Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi'', often simply referred to as YTU or Yıldız) is a prominent technical university dedicated to engineering and natural sciences as well as social sciences recently, and is one ...

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and went on to study Organization Management at

Gebze Institute of Technology Gebze Technical University ( tr, Gebze Teknik Üniversitesi (GTÜ)), formerly known as Gebze Institute of Technology (GIT), is one of two institutes of technology founded in Turkey; The other one is İzmir Institute of Technology. It is a univ ...

earning a

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. Güllüce is married and has five children.

Career

Profession

After working as an engineer and manager at construction sites in

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, Güllüce became business partner of a company, and served there as managing director.

Politics

He entered politics at regional level. Güllüce was elected Mayor of

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municipality in Istanbul serving three legislative terms. Güllüce was member of the

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and deputy chairman of the Istanbul Metropolitan city council. He published a book entitled ''"Problems of Regional Governments and Their Solutions".'' Güllüce was elected into the

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in the 2007 general election as an MP from

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. He was re-elected a second time into the parliament in the 2011 general election. Between 2009 and 2013, he served as the chairman of the parliamentary Public Works, Transportation and Tourism Commission. On 26 December 2013, İdris Güllüce assumed office as Minister of Environment and Urban Planning, succeeding

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during Erdoğan's cabinet reshuffle with ten new names announced the day before, on 25 December, following the

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Legacy

A cultural complex opened in 2005 and featuring a theatre capable of 460 spectators, the Tuzla İdris Güllüce Cultural Center, is named in his honor.

References

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