Mehmet Mehdi Eker is a

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politician who served as the Minister of Food, Agriculture and Livestock of Turkey from 2005 until 2015. He was elected a Member of Parliament for the

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of Diyarbakır for Democratic People's Party in 2002. He was re-elected in 2007 and 2011 for the

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(AKP). He was again elected as an MP in 2018. A veterinarian and agro-economist he had a career as a civil servant in the ministry of agriculture before entering politics at the age of 46. As minister of Agriculture he has had to deal with issues including: * The

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epidemic of 2005, in which he made a statement that it was safe to eat cooked chicken and then famously refused to do so on television. * Adjusting food control regulations to comply with EU norms, including recategorising pork and horse meat as suitable for human consumption.Milliyet İnternet - Ekonomi
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Eker, Mehmet Mehdi Living people Government ministers of Turkey Turkish Kurdish politicians Justice and Development Party (Turkey) politicians Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 3rd Class Deputies of Diyarbakır Members of the 24th Parliament of Turkey Members of the 23rd Parliament of Turkey Members of the 22nd Parliament of Turkey Members of the 26th Parliament of Turkey 1956 births Members of the 60th government of Turkey