Numan KurtulmuÅŸ (born 15 September 1959) is a Turkish politician and
academic
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who is currently the
speaker of the Grand National Assembly.
He served as
Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey in the 62nd, 63rd, 64th and 65th AKP governments between 2014 and 2017 and
Minister of Culture and Tourism between 2017 and 2018. Previously he served as the leader of
Felicity Party between 2008 and 2010 and
People's Voice Party between 2010 and 2012.
Personal life
Family
KurtulmuÅŸ was born in
Ünye district of
Ordu Province. He is of
Georgian descent by his grandmother. His grandfather Numan KurtulmuÅŸ who served as a major in the
Turkish War of Independence
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on the
Çanakkale,
Erzurum
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,
Batumi and
Azerbaijan
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fronts and fought in the
Balkans
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and the
Battle of Sakarya then later has injured and retired as a
veteran. He is also the author of Faith Commentary, known as the first
Turkish religious guide which written by the
Latin alphabet
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. His father is Dr. Ismail Niyazi KurtulmuÅŸ. He currently resides in
Fatih district of
Istanbul
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with his family.
Kurtulmus is married to Sevgi Kurtulmuş, in which he married in 1988. He has 3 children, named Ayşe, İsmail and Emir. He speaks English fluently. He is a fan of
Fenerbahçe FC.
Education and Academic career
He studied at Istanbul Imam Hatip High School,
bachelor in 1982 and
master degree in 1984 at
Istanbul University Faculty of Business Administration.
He had been United States of America to the postgraduate studies at
Temple University
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School of Business & Management in 1988–1989.
He was also a
visiting researcher at
Cornell University
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New York State School of Industrial & Labor Relations between 1990 and 1993. He got a PhD title from
Istanbul University in 1992. Became an
associate professor in 1994 and promoted to
professorship in 2004 at
Istanbul University Faculty of Economics. He was the assistant of
Sabahattin Zaim, who known as a 'the great professor'.
He taught politics,
labor economics and
human resources management
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at
Istanbul University Faculty of Economics and economics and
political communication at
Istanbul Commerce University. He also participated as a speaker in symposiums and seminars.
Books
He's authored two books ''Post-Industrial Transformation'' and ''The Japanese Human Resource Management''. Published master's degree and Phd thesis on ''Integration of Inventory Management by the Database Approach'' and ''The change of Industrial Relations for Terms of Model Human Type'', also with many articles.
He authored a book ''Bringing Turkey to the Future'' on the confused current world with some proposals for a new future via multi-disciplines in 2020.
Political career
He was kicked-off politic on
Virtue Party in 1998. The party has been shut down by
Constitutional Court and he joined
Felicity Party. Elected as chairman at the
party congress held in 2008 and has been here until 2010. Leaded establishing the
People's Voice Party (HAS Party) in 2010. Upon the proposal of
Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan,
AKP and
HAS Party united in 2012. Within the framework of this combination, HAS Party has been terminated itself and KurtulmuÅŸ joined AKP with many people.
Virtue Party (1998–2001)
In 1998, he began the political career with
Necmettin Erbakan and served as the chairman in
Istanbul
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and a Member of the Main Administrative Board. When ended
Virtue Party, he joined the
Felicity Party in 2001.
Felicity Party (2001–2010)
He served as chairman in Istanbul and Deputy Chairman of Party until 2008 at
Felicity Party.
Recai Kutan who Chairman of Felicity Party announced on 17 October 2008 that Numan KurtulmuÅŸ will be
candidate
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in the party congress to be held in Ankara on 26 October 2008. The slogan was "Felicity Now!" And he was elected as a Chairman of
Felicity Party by all valid 924 vote of the used 946 at 3rd Party Congress held in Ankara Atatürk Sports Hall.
In 2010, he had divergency with Necmettin Erbakan who was the leader of the Milli Görüş Movement. Numan Kurtulmuş was re-elected as Chairman of Party, participating as just one candidate of the two lists at the 4th Party Congress held in Ankara on 11 July 2010. Numan Kurtulmuş participated in the election of Main Administrative Board with the white list against Necmettin Erbakan's green list. And the winner white list meant to be kicking Necmettin Erbakan and his friends out.
And then later 650 delegates asked congress again, but this request was rejected by Party's General Administrative Board. Upon the decision appointment of the congress call committee by the court, 53 chairman, 65 mayors and many politician left Felicity Party on 1 October 2010.
KurtulmuÅŸ announced a new political movement, calls Civilization Politics Movement.
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People's Voice Party (2010–2012)
235 politicians who united around Civilization Politics Movement founded the People's Voice Party (HAS Party) on 1 November 2010. And Kurtulmuş was elected as chairman of the party by 207 votes of 210 delegates at the 1st party congress held in Ankara Atatürk Sports Hall on 28 November 2010 on the 28th day of the founded of HAS Party.
Combination process
Chairman of AKP and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan offered KurtulmuÅŸ to combinate AKP with HAS Party on 12 July 2012. According to the decision taken by the authorized persons of two sides and combination process has started. HAS Party invited the delegates and dissolved itself at the extraordinary congress held on 19 September 2012 by 165 votes of the current 177 delegates according to the decision of combination.
Justice and Development Party (2012–Current)
After the HAS Party's termination, KurtulmuÅŸ joined AKP at a ceremony held in Istanbul
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on 22 September 2012 with many people.
– Kurtulmuş was elected as a Member of Main Administrative Board at 4th AKP Congress held in Ankara on 30 September 2012, was appointed as vice chairman of party on the economy politics.
– When Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was elected as President of Turkey at presidential elections in 2014, Ahmet Davutoğlu
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 ...
replaced himself as a Prime Minister and KurtulmuÅŸ became Deputy Prime Minister at 62nd Government.
– Kurtulmuş was elected as the Ordu parliament
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arian in the elections of June 2015 and became Deputy Prime Minister and Spokesperson again at the 63rd Government under Ahmet DavutoÄŸlu's Prime Ministry.
– Kurtulmuş was elected as the Ordu parliamentarian again in the elections of November 2015, became Deputy Prime Minister and Spokesperson again at 64th Government under Ahmet Davutoğlu's Prime Ministry.
– Ahmet Davutoğlu when resigned prime ministry President Erdogan gave the government formation duty to Binali Yıldırım. Kurtulmuş served as deputy prime minister again at 65th Government under Binali Yıldırım's Prime Ministry. After a while held on 19 July 2017 he became Minister of Culture and Tourism in cabinet overhaul.
– Kurtulmuş was elected as a parliamentarian of Istanbul on 24 June 2018 and became Deputy chairman of AKP at the 6th party congress, on 18 August 2018.Numan Kurtulmuş Genel Başkan Vekili – Yeni Şafak
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References
External links
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1959 births
Living people
People from Ünye
Speakers of the Parliament of Turkey
Turkish people of Georgian descent
Virtue Party politicians
Felicity Party politicians
People's Voice Party politicians
Turkish economists
Istanbul University alumni
Leaders of political parties in Turkey
Members of the 25th Parliament of Turkey
Members of the 63rd government of Turkey
Academic staff of Istanbul University
Members of the 26th Parliament of Turkey
Members of the 64th government of Turkey
Deputy prime ministers of Turkey
Ministers of culture and tourism of Turkey
Members of the 27th Parliament of Turkey
Members of the 28th Parliament of Turkey