Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
electoral district
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of
Düzce
Düzce () is a city in northwestern Turkey, the capital city of Düzce Province, the eighty-first Provinces of Turkey, province in the country. It is the seat of Düzce District.June 2015 general election and re-elected in the November 2015 general election.
Early life and career
Education
Faruk Özlü was born on 19 November 1962 in
Düzce
Düzce () is a city in northwestern Turkey, the capital city of Düzce Province, the eighty-first Provinces of Turkey, province in the country. It is the seat of Düzce District.Yıldız Technical University
Yıldız Technical University ( Turkish: ''Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi'', often simply referred to as YTU or Yıldız) is a prominent public technical university dedicated to engineering and natural sciences, as well as social sciences recentl ...
(YTÜ) as a mechanical engineer. He obtained a
master's degree
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and a
doctorate
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from
Istanbul Technical University
Istanbul Technical University, also known as Technical University of Istanbul (, commonly referred to as İTÜ), is an public university, public technical university located in Istanbul, Turkey. It is the world's third-oldest technical university ...
(İTÜ). He obtained further education regarding projects and engineering in
Spain
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, before taking a senior management course at
Harvard University
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.
Early career and civil service
In 1987, Özlü returned to YTÜ as a researcher. In 1990, he joined the Defence Industry Undersecretariat as an engineer. He later became an expert, project manager, department manager and assistant secretary. He also briefly served as the acting undersecretary. While working at the Undersecretariat, Özlü oversaw projects such as Turkey's first domestically produced tank ''
ALTAY
Altai or Altay may refer to:
Places
*Altai Mountains, in Central and East Asia, a region shared by China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan and Russia
In China
*Altay Prefecture (阿勒泰地区), Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China
*Altay City (阿勒æ ...
'', the country's first unmanned spacecraft ''
ANKA
Anka or ANKA may refer to:
Organisations and companies
* Anka Air or AnkAir, a Turkish charter airline from 2005 to 2008
* ANKA news agency, based in Ankara, Turkey
* Anka SK, an Ankara-based Turkish ice hockey club
* Arnhem, Northern and Kimberle ...
'', its first domestically produced warship '' MÄ°LGEM''. He also worked on the development of the
Airbus A400M Atlas
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military transport aircraft, the
F-35
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and
F-16
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fighter jets, helicopter electronic warfare systems, the M60 tank modernisation, long range air and missile defense systems, coding and simulation.
He has served on the executive boards of
Turkish Aerospace Industries
Turkish Aerospace Industries Inc. (, TAI or TUSAÅž) is a state-owned Arms industry, arms company in Turkey.
History
On 16 August 1925 the Turkish Aircraft and Engine Limited Company ''()'' factory was founded in Kayseri, Turkey. The company ...
(TAI-TUÅžAÅž), Airport Operations and Aviation Industries (HEAÅž), Teknopark Ä°stanbul and Defence Technologies Engineering and Commerce (STM).
electoral district
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of
Düzce
Düzce () is a city in northwestern Turkey, the capital city of Düzce Province, the eighty-first Provinces of Turkey, province in the country. It is the seat of Düzce District.June 2015 general election. He was re-elected in the November 2015 general election. Following the resignation of
Ahmet DavutoÄŸlu
Ahmet DavutoÄŸlu (; born 26 February 1959) is a Turkish academic, politician and former diplomat who served as the List of Prime Ministers of Turkey, 26th Prime Minister of Turkey and Leader of the Justice and Development Party (Turkey), Justice ...
as Prime Minister in May 2016, the AK Party held an Extraordinary Congress on 22 May to determine his successor.
Binali Yıldırım
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Aviation in Turkey
Turkey is an emerging aviation hub at the intersection of Europe with emerging markets in the Middle East, the Caucasus and Northern Africa.
Airlines
In 1983, the Turkish airline market was liberalized. While before, only public companies were ...
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Turkish Air Force
The Turkish Air Force () is the Air force, air and space force of the Turkish Armed Forces. It traces its origins to 1 June 1911 when it was founded as the Ottoman Aviation Squadrons, Aviation Squadrons by the Ottoman Empire. It was composed ...