Lütfullah Kayalar (born 1952 in

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) is a Turkish lawyer from profession and politician, who served twice as government minister. He graduated from the Law School of Ankara University with a

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degree. He entered politics as a member of the Motherland Party, and was elected into the parliament as Deputy of Yozgat. Lütfullah Kayalar served in the cabinet of

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and later of

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as Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Affairs between 1989 and 1991, and in the cabinet of

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and the Motherland Party, which he was a member of, wanted to merge in order to contest the elections as one party. However, as this intention failed, Lütfullah Kayalar left his party and entered on June 2, 2007 the Republican People's Party, a center-left party, accepting the invitation of its leader

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