Mahir Yağcılar (; ) (born 6 May 1961 in

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, modern

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) is a Turkish Kosovar politician and the president of

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and conservative Turkish Democratic Party of Kosovo (KDTP). Yağcılar graduated from Faculty of Traffic and Communications at the

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in 1984. He had worked as a manager at the Kosovar transportation company Kosovatrans. In April 2000, he was elected the president of KDTP (then Turkish Democratic Union). He had served as the Minister of Health and

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presidency member under

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. Since 2008, he is the Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning of the

in the

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government. On 12 September 2010, Yağcılar was removed from his post as the chairman of KDTP. Arif Bütüç ( Mamsha mayor) and Orhan Lopar were expected to replace Yağcılar in joint leadership but Yağcılar was restored. Yağcılar's rival Bütüç was expelled from the party on 19 October 2011,Kosova'nın Tek Türk Belediye Başkanı Arif Bütüç Partisinden İhraç Edildi
27 October 2011, Basın 7/24 enabling Yağcılar further bolster his rule.

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"THE POLITICAL ENTITIES RUNNING FOR THE 2004 ASSEMBLY ELECTION"
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2004 elections pamphlet {{DEFAULTSORT:Yagcilar, Mahir Living people 1961 births Government ministers of Kosovo People from Prizren University of Sarajevo alumni Turkish Democratic Party of Kosovo politicians Turkish nationalists Kosovan people of Turkish descent