Ali Talip Özdemir (born 1953) is a

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and the former leader of the Motherland Party (Anavatan Partisi, ANAP). He was born in the Central Anatolian town of Ereğli in

Konya Province Konya Province () is a province and metropolitan municipality in southwest Central Anatolia, Turkey. Its area is 40,838 km2, making it the largest province by area, and its population is 2,296,347 (2022). The provincial capital is the city ...

into a family with 12 children. His father Hüsnü Özdemir was a worker in the state-owned Sümerbank factory. Following his primary and high school education in Konya, Ali Talip Özdemir attended 1973 Ankara State Academy of Architecture and Engineering and graduated in 1977 as a

mechanical engineer Mechanical may refer to: Machine * Machine (mechanical), a system of mechanisms that shape the actuator input to achieve a specific application of output forces and movement * Mechanical calculator, a device used to perform the basic operations o ...

. He obtained his

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in the same discipline in 1987. Ali Talip Özdemir entered politics during his university years. He helped to establish the newly founded ANAP in Anatolia. In the regional election 1984, he was elected mayor of his hometown Ereğli. He served at this post two terms. In the general elections held on 29 November 1987, he quit his position as mayor, and was elected deputy of Konya from the Motherland Party into the

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. He served also a while as the vice president of the party during the leadership of

Turgut Özal Halil Turgut Özal (13 October 192717 April 1993) was a Turkish politician, bureaucrat, engineer and statesman who served as the eighth president of Turkey from 1989 to 1993. He previously served as the 26th prime minister of Turkey from 1983 ...

. In 1991, he became minister for the environment in cabinet of

Mesut Yılmaz Ahmet Mesut Yılmaz () (6 November 1947 – 30 October 2020) was a Turkish politician. He was the leader of the Motherland Party (, ANAP) from 1991 to 2002, and served three times as Prime Minister of Turkey. His first two prime-ministerial term ...

. In the intermediate regional elections 1992, Ali Talip Özdemir ran for the post of mayor of

Bakırköy Bakırköy is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district in the European part of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 29 km2, and its population is 226,685 (2022). Bakırköy lies between the State road D.100 (Turkey), D.100 highway (l ...

district in

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, and served for two terms at this position. He reentered the parliament as deputy of Istanbul following the 1995 general election held on 24 December 1995. He served as minister for press and information in the coalition cabinet of Mesut Yılmaz in 1996. With the resigning of Mesut Yılmaz from active politics and so from the leadership of the party that did not overcome the 10% barrier in the 2002 general election, Ali Talip Özdemir was elected the 4th president of the Motherland Party at its extraordinary congress held on 11 January 2003. In the following congress on 13 December 2003 however, he waived to run for the presidency. He was succeeded in his post by

Nesrin Nas Nesrin Nas (born 1958) is a Turkish female academic in economics, politician and the former leader of the Motherland Party (Anavatan Partisi, ANAP). She was born in the Central Anatolian town of Bünyan in Kayseri Province. Her father's name ...

, who was elected the first female president of ANAP. Ali Talip Özdemir is married and father of three children.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ozdemir, Ali Talip 1953 births Living people People from Konya Government ministers of Turkey Leaders of political parties in Turkey Date of birth missing (living people) Motherland Party (Turkey) politicians Bakırköy Turkish mechanical engineers Deputies of Istanbul Members of the 20th Parliament of Turkey Members of the 48th government of Turkey Members of the 53rd government of Turkey Ministers of state of Turkey