Mehmet Ali Şahin | |
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 Şahin in 2011 | |
| 24th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey | |
| In office 9 August 2009 – 28 June 2011 | |
| President | Abdullah Gül |
| Deputy | Nevzat Pakdil Sadık Yakut Güldal Mumcu Meral Akşener |
| Preceded by | Köksal Toptan |
| Succeeded by | Cemil Çiçek |
| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 29 August 2007 – 1 May 2009 | |
| Prime Minister | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
| Preceded by | Fahri Kasırga |
| Succeeded by | Sadullah Ergin |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey | |
| In office 18 November 2002 – 28 March 2003 | |
| Prime Minister | Abdullah Gül |
| Served with | Ertuğrul Yalçınbayır Abdüllatif Şener |
| Preceded by | Cumhur Ersümer |
| Succeeded by | Abdullah Gül |
| Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
| In office 1 November 2015 – 24 June 2018 | |
| Constituency | Karabük (Nov 2015) |
| In office 8 January 1996 – 7 June 2015 | |
| Constituency | İstanbul (1995, 1999, 2002) Antalya (2007) Karabük (2011) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 September 1950 Ovacık, Turkey |
| Political party | Welfare Party (1987-1998) Virtue Party (1998-2001) Justice and Development Party (2001-present) |
| Alma mater | Istanbul University |
Mehmet Ali Şahin (born 16 September 1950) is a Turkish politician. He was the Speaker of the Parliament of Turkey from 2009 to 2011.[1]
He was a member of the parliament for three terms from Istanbul Province and from Antalya Province of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party). He served as Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Justice, and as Minister of State responsible for sports.[1]
Şahin is a lawyer and a graduate of Istanbul University faculty of law. Before entering parliament, he was involved in regional politics, serving as the mayor of Fatih district in Istanbul, with the Welfare Party, and later with Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's Justice and Development Party.[1][2]
On 5 August 2009, he was elected in a third round of voting as the 24th (27th, from the establishment) Speaker of the Turkish Grand National Assembly, succeeding his party colleague Köksal Toptan.[1] He was supportive of a solution to the Kurdish Turkish conflict, and dismissed the concerns of Turkish nationalists which argue that if Kurds receive more rights it would divide the country.[3] In 2016, he also suggested the release of the imprisoned members of Parliament from the Peoples' Democracy Party (HDP) comparing their situation to the one of Mehmet Haberal, a lawmaker of the Republican People's Party (CHP) who was elected while imprisoned.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d "Mehmet Ali Şahin artık protokolde iki numara". Radikal (in Turkish). 5 August 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
- ^ Newspaper Radikal Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine (in Turkish)
- ^ "Turkey marks 25 years of Kurd rebellion". NBC News. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ^ "Arrested HDP lawmakers could be released: AKP MP – Türkiye News". Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
External links
Media related to Mehmet Ali Şahin at Wikimedia Commons
- Mehmet Ali Şahin (TBMM.org.tr) (in Turkish)
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Gül Cabinet (2002–2003) | ||
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| Prime Minister | Abdullah Gül (2002–2003) |  |
| Deputy Prime Ministers | ||
| Minister of State | ||
| Minister of Justice | Cemil Çiçek (2002–2003) | |
| Minister of National Defense | Mehmet Vecdi Gönül (2002–2003) | |
| Minister of Interior | Abdülkadir Aksu (2002–2003) | |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Yaşar Yakış (2002–2003) | |
| Minister of Finance | Kemal Unakıtan (2002–2003) | |
| Minister of National Education | Erkan Mumcu (2002–2003) | |
| Minister of Public Works and Settlement | Zeki Ergezen (2002–2003) | |
| Minister of Health | Recep Akdağ (2002–2003) | |
| Minister of Transport and Communication | Binali Yıldırım (2002–2003) | |
| Minister of Agriculture | Sami Güçlü (2002–2003) | |
| Minister of Labour and Social Security | Murat Başesgioğlu (2002–2003) | |
| Minister of Industry and Commerce | Ali Coşkun (2002–2003) | |
| Minister of Energy and Natural Resources | Mehmet Hilmi Güler (2002–2003) | |
| Minister of Culture | Hüseyin Çelik (2002–2003) | |
| Minister of Tourism | Güldal Akşit (2002–2003) | |
| Minister of Environment | İmdat Sütlüoğlu (2002–2003) | |
| Minister of Forestry | Osman Pepe (2002–2003) | |
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