Yalçın Akdoğan (born 22 September 1969) is a Turkish politician who served as

Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey The Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey is the abolished official deputy of the head of government of Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental ...

from 2014 to 2016. A member of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), Akdoğan became a

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representing Ankara's first electoral district at the 2011 general election and was re-elected in June 2015. Prior to being elected Akdoğan was an academic and a journalist, having taught at the

Bahçeşehir University Bahçeşehir University (BAU) is a private educational institution in Turkey, located around the Bosporus in Istanbul. The Turkish National Assembly authorized the establishment of the University of Bahçeşehir by the Bahçeşehir Uğur Educat ...

and

Anadolu University Anadolu University ( tr, Anadolu Üniversitesi) is a public university in Eskişehir, Turkey. The university is known for its success in verbal fields such as history and communication. Its Faculty of Communication Sciences is sometimes conside ...

and written for ''

Yeni Şafak ''Yeni Şafak'' ("New Dawn") is a conservative, Islamist Turkish daily newspaper. The newspaper is known for its hardline support of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the AK Party and has a very close relationship with the Turkish government. ...

'' and ''

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'' among others. He named Traditionalist authors

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and

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as his favourite writers. Akdoğan was appointed as a Deputy Prime Minister in the

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Ahmet Davutoğlu Ahmet Davutoğlu (; born 26 February 1959) is a Turkish academic, politician and former diplomat who served as the 26th Prime Minister of Turkey and Leader of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) from 2014 to 2016. He previously served as Mi ...

on 29 August 2014. He was responsible for the

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with Kurdish militants, designed to end the 40 years of conflict with Kurdish militants. He acted as the chief government negotiator during peace talks until they collapsed in 2015.

Early life and career

Akdoğan was born on 22 September 1969 in

Üsküdar Üsküdar () is a large and densely populated district of Istanbul, Turkey, on the Anatolian shore of the Bosphorus. It is bordered to the north by Beykoz, to the east by Ümraniye, to the southeast by Ataşehir and to the south by Kadıköy ...

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. He graduated from

Faculty of Communications, where he had studied in the Department of Printing and Publishing. He served his compulsory military service in the

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between 1991 and 1993. He received a master's degree in communication sciences from the same university and pursued a doctorate concerning political and social sciences at

Marmara University Marmara University (Turkish: ''Marmara Üniversitesi'') is a public university in Istanbul, Turkey. The university is named after the Sea of Marmara and was founded as a university in 1982. However, it was created in 1883 under the name of ''H ...

, becoming a

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in 2007.

Journalism

Akdoğan began his journalism career after receiving

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at ''

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'', he was awarded for news reporting, research and studying as well as formatting during the ''

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'' Foundation Young Journalists competition in 1991. He has worked at ''

'', ''Star'', ''İç Anadolu'', '' Milli Gazete'' as well as numerous magazines such as ''Nehir'' and ''Yeni Zemin''. He later served as the advisor responsible for the press for

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Early political career

Akdoğan served as the Director of Education, Culture and Public Relations at the Municipality of Pendik, a district in

. He became a member of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and became an advisor for the party leader (at the time

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (born 26 February 1954) is a Turkish politician serving as the 12th and current president of Turkey since 2014. He previously served as prime minister of Turkey from 2003 to 2014 and as mayor of Istanbul from 1994 t ...

). He became a

representing Ankara's first electoral district at the 2011 general election and was re-elected in June 2015.

Chief Advisor to the Prime Minister

Akdoğan was well known for being one of the most influential contributors to shaping the Justice and Development Party's political ideology and outlook. He published his book ''Muhafazakâr Demokrasi'' ( ''Conservative Democracy'') in July 2004, discussing the AKP's declared ideological placement.

Deputy Prime Minister

Prime Minister

was elected President in August 2014, after which serving Foreign Minister

was elected as AKP leader soon after. In the new government led by Davutoğlu, Akdoğan was appointed as

, serving alongside

Bülent Arınç Bülent Arınç (; born 25 May 1948) is a conservative Turkish politician. He served as the 22nd Speaker of the Parliament of Turkey from 2002 to 2007 and as a Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey between 2009 and 2015. Early life and education He ...

Ali Babacan Ali Babacan (; born 4 April 1967) is a Turkish politician, economist, and engineer. He is the founder and current leader of the Democracy and Progress Party (DEVA). He served 13 years as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Economy, Chi ...

and

Numan Kurtulmuş Prof. Dr. Numan Kurtulmuş (born 23 March 1959) is a Turkish politician and academician, currently the deputy chairman of Justice and Development Party. He served as Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey in the 62nd, 63rd, 64th and 65th AKP governme ...

. Akdoğan's close relations to Erdoğan fuelled speculation that Davutoğlu would take a submissive approach while Erdoğan continued to pursue his political agenda despite the

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being a largely ceremonial office. In the new cabinet, Akdoğan mainly focussed on the

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with Kurdish militants.

References

External links

Profile on the Parliament website

Collection of all relevant news items at Haberler.com

Collection of all relevant news items at İnternet Haber
{{DEFAULTSORT:Akdogan, Yalcin Justice and Development Party (Turkey) politicians Academic staff of Marmara University Living people Anadolu University alumni Academic staff of Anadolu University Deputies of Ankara 1969 births People from Üsküdar Members of the 25th Parliament of Turkey Members of the 24th Parliament of Turkey Members of the 63rd government of Turkey Marmara University alumni Members of the 26th Parliament of Turkey Members of the 64th government of Turkey Deputy Prime Ministers of Turkey