Mustafa Sait Yazıcıoğlu (born 1949 in

Sürmene Sürmene (; , ''Sourmena''; , romanized as ''Sürmena e') is a municipality and district of Trabzon Province, Turkey. Its area is 166 km2, and its population is 25,950 (2022). In ancient times the town of Hyssus or Hyssos () was nearby. The ...

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) is a minister of state of

. He is a professor of religious studies.

Family, education and scientific career

Yazıcıoğlu went to Grammar School and High School in

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in Western Turkey. From 1967 to 1971 he studied Islamic theology at

Ankara University Ankara University () is a public university, public research university in Ankara, the capital of Turkey. It was the first higher education institution founded in Turkey after the History of the Republic of Turkey, formation of the Turkish republ ...

. To obtain a Ph.D. equivalent the Department for Education sent him to France. Subsequently he came back to Ankara University as an assistant. He attained the post of a professor in 1988.

Family

Mustafa Sait Yazıcıoğlu is married and father of two children. His brother Recep Yazıcıoğlu (died September 8, 2003) was the governor of

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and popular nationwide as "super governor" (Süper Vali).

Political career

Yazıcıoğlu was assigned head of the

Presidency of Religious Affairs A presidency is an Administration (government), administration or the Executive (government), executive, the collective administrative and governmental entity that exists around an office of President (government title), president of a state or na ...

1987–1992. In 2002 Yazıcıoğlu was elected to the parliament for AKP. In the ministry of Erdoğan he was first responsible for religious affairs.

References

* Who is Who �
''Prof. Dr. Mustafa Sait Yazıcıoğlu''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yazicioglu, Mustafa Sait Government ministers of Turkey 1949 births Living people Justice and Development Party (Turkey) politicians Members of the 23rd Parliament of Turkey Members of the 22nd Parliament of Turkey Presidents of Religious Affairs of Turkey Ministers of state of Turkey Members of the 60th government of Turkey