Ömer Dinçer (born 10 September 1956 in

Karaman Karaman, historically known as Laranda (Greek: Λάρανδα), is a city in south central Turkey, located in Central Anatolia, north of the Taurus Mountains, about south of Konya. It is the capital district of the Karaman Province. According t ...

) is a Turkish politician and academician. Before being a member of the Turkish parliament, he taught at

Marmara University Marmara University ( Turkish: ''Marmara Üniversitesi'') is a public university in Istanbul, Turkey. The university is named after the Sea of Marmara and was founded as a university in 1982. However, it was created in 1883 under the name of ''H ...

for years and published many papers in his field. He is the architect of 12-year compulsory education system, and has reformed and restructured the primary school and high school curricula as well as educational philosophy. On 21 October 2005, Council of Higher Education of Turkey (YÖK) identified extensive plagiarism in his academic book ''Introduction to Business Administration'' and expelled Dinçer from teaching profession at any university in Turkey. Dinçer appealed the charge, but it was upheld in court. In the elections of 2007 Dinçer was elected as a member of parliament. On 1 May 2009 he was appointed as Minister of Labor and Social Security in the second cabinet of Erdoğan. On 6 July 2011 he was appointed as Minister of National Education in the third cabinet of Erdoğan. Same year, Council of Higher Education of Turkey had quietly cleared Dinçer to the dismay of many academics. The council confirmed that it had withdrawn the charges, but did not provide any particular reasons. On 24 January 2013, he was replaced by

Nabi Avcı Nabi Avcı (born 8 October 1953, in Demirköy, Pazaryeri, Bilecik, Turkey) is a Turkish academic, writer and politician who was formerly chief advisor to the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Early years Nabi Avcı was born to Abdu ...

at his post.

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Biography of Ömer Dinçer
at the website of AK Government ministers of Turkey 1956 births People from Karaman Living people Justice and Development Party (Turkey) politicians Ministers of National Education of Turkey Atatürk University alumni Istanbul University alumni Academic staff of Marmara University Academic staff of Beykent University Imam Hatip school alumni Deputies of Istanbul Members of the 24th Parliament of Turkey Members of the 23rd Parliament of Turkey Members of the 60th government of Turkey {{Turkey-politician-stub