Bekir Bozdağ (born 1 April 1965) is a Turkish lawyer and politician of Kurdish origin[1] and former Minister of Justice.[2][3] On 6 July 2011 he was appointed as the Deputy Prime Minister in the third cabinet of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.[4] On 26 December 2013, he was appointed as the Minister of Justice after the cabinet revision amidst the 2013 corruption scandal. On 19 July, he became Deputy Prime Minister again in the Cabinet of Yıldırım II.
He was born on 1 April 1965 in Akdağmadeni in Yozgat Province, Turkey. After completing his higher education in Islamic theology at the Uludağ University in Bursa, he obtained a master's degree in Christian history of theology at the same university. Later, Bekir Bozdağ attended Selçuk University in Konya and graduated with a law degree. Before he entered politics, he worked as a lawyer.[4]
He has been elected to parliament four times, in 2002, 2007, 2011 and 2015.[4]
He is married with three children.[4]
References
- ^ "Cumhurbaşkanı: Yozgatlı olduğuna bakmayın Bekir Bey Kürt'tür". gazeteduvar (in Turkish). 8 May 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ^ "Turkey's Erdogan appoints Bekir Bozdag as Justice Minister". Reuters. 28 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ^ "Erdoğan'dan Diyanet'e FETÖ Eleştirisi: Bu Konuda Çok Geç Kaldılar". 5 August 2017.
- ^ a b c d "Bekir Bozdağ" (in Turkish). TBMM. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
External links
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