Bekir Bozdağ Explained

Bekir Bozdağ
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Birth Date:1965 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Akdağmadeni, Yozgat, Turkey
Nationality:Turkish
Education:Theology,
Alma Mater:Uludağ University, Selçuk University
Occupation:Politician, theologian, Lawyer
Office1:Minister of Justice
Term Start1:29 January 2022
Term End1:4 June 2023
Predecessor1:Abdulhamit Gül
Successor1:Yılmaz Tunç
President1:Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Term Start2:24 November 2015
Term End2:19 July 2017
Primeminister2:Ahmet Davutoğlu
Binali Yıldırım
Predecessor2:Kenan İpek
Successor2:Abdulhamit Gül
Deputy2:Bilal Uçar
Term Start3:26 December 2013
Term End3:7 March 2015
Primeminister3:Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Ahmet Davutoğlu
Predecessor3:Sadullah Ergin
Successor3:Kenan İpek
Deputy3:Veysi Kaynak
Office4:Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey
Term Start4:19 July 2017
Term End4:9 July 2018
Primeminister4:Binali Yıldırım
Predecessor4:Numan Kurtulmuş
Successor4:Office abolished
1Blankname4:Serving with
1Namedata4:Recep Akdağ
Mehmet Şimşek
Hakan Çavuşoğlu
Fikri Işık
Term Start5:6 July 2011
Term End5:25 December 2013
Primeminister5:Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Predecessor5:Hayati Yazıcı
Successor5:Emrullah İşler
1Blankname5:Serving with
1Namedata5:Bülent Arınç
Ali Babacan
Beşir Atalay
Office6:President of the Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors
Term Start6:24 November 2015
Predecessor6:Kenan İpek
Term Start7:26 December 2013
Term End7:7 March 2015
Predecessor7:Sadullah Ergin
Successor7:Kenan İpek
Term Start8:1 November 2015
Constituency8:Yozgat (Nov 2015)
Term Start9:3 November 2002
Term End9:7 June 2015
Constituency9:Yozgat (2002, 2007, 2011)
Party:Justice and Development Party (AKP)
Children:3

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cumhurbaşkanı: Yozgatlı olduğuna bakmayın Bekir Bey Kürt'tür . gazeteduvar . 31 July 2022 . tr-TR . 8 May 2017.
  2. News: . 2022-01-28 . Turkey's Erdogan appoints Bekir Bozdag as Justice Minister . Reuters. 2022-01-28.
  3. Web site: Erdoğan'dan Diyanet'e FETÖ Eleştirisi: Bu Konuda Çok Geç Kaldılar. 5 August 2017.
  4. Web site: Bekir Bozdağ . TBMM . tr. 12 July 2011 .