Nebahat Albayrak (born 10 April 1968) is a retired Turkish–

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politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and jurist. She is a corporate director at Upstream International a division of

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since 5 November 2012.

Biography

Albayrak moved to the Netherlands in 1970. In 1993, Albayrak graduated from

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and

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. As part of her degree, she also attended lectures in

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and the Institut d’Études Françaises, and in

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at the Institut d’Études Politiques. Nebahat Albayrak 2007

She worked at the

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from 1993 to 1998. From 1998 to 2007, she was a member of the

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. On 22 February 2007, Nebahat Albayrak was installed as State Secretary (junior minister) for

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in the

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. She and Ahmed Aboutaleb are the first

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s in a Dutch

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. The right-wing

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tried to prevent the installation of both Nebahat Albayrak and Ahmed Aboutaleb. The party also tried to pass a

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in parliament directed against all parliamentarians or executive branch politicians with

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, claiming these politicians have a

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conflict or have the appearance of having one. Nebahat Albayrak has a Turkish and a Dutch

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. The motion was rejected by the House of Representatives, since no other party than the Party for Freedom supported it.

Claims of misuse of political power

In 2008, State Secretary Albayrak was accused of abusing her powers to reverse decisions made by the Immigration Service or the courts. Anonymous employees of the immigration department leaked confidential information to parliament member Sietse Fritsma (

) claiming Albayrak had reversed 3500 decisions "arbitrarily and without explanation". Albayrak has denied these allegations and stated she had only reversed 450 decisions. In comparison, her predecessor,

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(

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), reversed 1150 decisions.

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