Mehmet Naci Bostancı (born 2 August 1957) is a

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politician and academic who currently serves as the

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along with

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and

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(AKP), having served as an AKP

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for the

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since the

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Early life and career

Mehmet Naci Bostancı was born in

on 2 August 1957 and graduated from

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Faculty of Political Science in 1980. He did a Master's degree and a Doctorate at

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Institute of Social Sciences. He worked as a columnist for the ''Türkiye Günlüğü'' and ''

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'' magazines as well as the '' Zaman'' newspaper.

Academic career

Bostancı became the chief advisor to the Rector of Gazi University, Rıza Ayhan and later became the head of the Public Relations and Presentation branch of Gazi University's Faculty of Communications, serving between 1998 and 2004. On 11 March 2009, he became the Dean of the Gazi University Faculty of Communications, serving until 10 March 2011. He resigned from his position to contest the upcoming 2011 general election.

Political career

Bostancı had previously served as the political advisor to the former leader of the Motherland Party (ANAP), Mesut Yılmaz. Between 1989 and 1991, he was the Undersecretary to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. He was the President and later the Secretary General of the Turkey-

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interparliamentary friendship group. He was also a member of the Turkey-

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interparliamentary friendship group. On 8 January 2014, he became the President of the Parliamentary Commission on National Education, Culture, Youth and Sports. With serving parliamentary group leader

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becoming the Minister of Customs and Trade in the

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of Ahmet Davutoğlu, Bostancı was elected in his place with 263 out of 265 votes (with 2 blank votes). He was re-elected from Amasya in the June 2015 general election and was selected as the AKP

on 9 July 2015.

References

External links

Profile at the Parliament websiteCollection of all relevant news items at Haberler.com
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Early life and career

Academic career

Political career

See also

References

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