Biography
Kutan graduated from Istanbul Technical University, ITU, Department of Civil Engineering in 1952. Until 1973, he worked as an engineer in various projects including the Southeastern Anatolia Project, GAP. His political career started 1973 in National Salvation Party, MSP and after 1983 he served in Refah Party. He was Minister of Energy in 1996 in a coalition led by Refah Party. At the 3rd party congress held on 26 October 2008 in Ankara, he did not run for his re-election as the leader of the Felicity Party, SP, and was succeeded by Numan Kurtulmuş. He is a member of the İsmailağa, a Turkish sufistic community of the Naqshbandi tariqah.Footnotes
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