Ahmet Çakır (born 1964) is a
Turkish politician and Mayor of
Malatya
Malatya ( hy, Մալաթիա, translit=Malat'ya; Syro-Aramaic ܡܠܝܛܝܢܐ Malīṭīná; ku, Meletî; Ancient Greek: Μελιτηνή) is a large city in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey and the capital of Malatya Province. The city ha ...
since 29 March 2009.
Early life and career
Ahmet Çakır was born in 1964 in
Darende
Darende ( tr, Darende ) is a district in Malatya Province, Turkey. The district lies 46 miles (74 km) to the northwest of Malatya, 87 miles (140 km) south of Sivas, 110 miles (117 km) east of Kayseri.
History
Darende had been known by various ...
district in
Malatya
Malatya ( hy, Մալաթիա, translit=Malat'ya; Syro-Aramaic ܡܠܝܛܝܢܐ Malīṭīná; ku, Meletî; Ancient Greek: Μελιτηνή) is a large city in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey and the capital of Malatya Province. The city ha ...
,
Turkey
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. Çakır completed his primary, secondary and high school education in Darende. He graduated from faculty of economics at
Anadolu University
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. He was a member of Malatya
Independent Industrialists and Businessmen Association
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(MÜSİAD). Çakır is married and has two children.
Political career
Ahmet Çakır, along with
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
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, co-founded the
Justice and Development Party Justice and Development Party may refer to several political parties, the best-known ones being:
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(AK Party) on August 14, 2001. In the 2009 regional elections, Çakır ran and won for the post of mayor of Malatya from the AK Party.
See also
*
Malatya
Malatya ( hy, Մալաթիա, translit=Malat'ya; Syro-Aramaic ܡܠܝܛܝܢܐ Malīṭīná; ku, Meletî; Ancient Greek: Μελιτηνή) is a large city in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey and the capital of Malatya Province. The city ha ...
References
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Turkish politicians
1964 births
Living people