Ali Coşkun is

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's minister of Industry and Trade. He was born in Başpınar village of

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in 1939. He graduated from the Faculty of

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and served as President of the Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges and as Vice President of the Islamic Countries Union of Chambers. Coşkun was elected as

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for the third electoral district. He is married with two children and speaks

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and

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. He took sides during the controversy about the movie '' Valley of the Wolves Iraq'', and predicted that it would make it to film history, emphasizing "''God bless the Turks.''""''Coskun sagte voraus, der Film werde in die türkische Kinogeschichte eingehen''"
Abgedreht: In Ankara schwärmt sogar die Frau des Premiers von dem Streifen, der Außenminister distanziert sich
by Thomas Seibert, German Daily

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, January 20, 2006

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1939 births Living people People from Kemaliye Justice and Development Party (Turkey) politicians Deputies of Istanbul Yıldız Technical University alumni Members of the 22nd Parliament of Turkey Members of the 21st Parliament of Turkey Members of the 20th Parliament of Turkey Industry ministers of Turkey Trade ministers of Turkey {{Turkey-politician-stub