Mustafa Sait Yazıcıoğlu | |
Native Name: | instead.--> |
Office1: | Minister of State (Responsible for Religious Affairs and Turkish World) |
Term Start1: | 29 August 2007 |
Term End1: | 1 May 2009 |
Predecessor1: | position established |
Term Start2: | 17 June 1987 |
Term End2: | 2 January 1992 |
Term Start3: | 3 November 2002 |
Term End3: | 12 June 2011 |
Constituency3: | Ankara (II) (2002, 2007) |
Birth Date: | 3 December 1949 |
Party: | Justice and Development Party |
Mustafa Sait Yazıcıoğlu (born 1949 in Sürmene, Turkey) is a minister of state of Turkey. He is a professor of religious studies.
Yazıcıoğlu went to Grammar School and High School in Milas in Western Turkey. From 1967 to 1971 he studied Islamic theology at Ankara University. To obtain a Ph.D. equivalent the Department for Education sent him to France. Subsequently he came back to Ankara University as an assistant. He attained the post of a professor in 1988.
Mustafa Sait Yazıcıoğlu is married and father of two children. His brother Recep Yazıcıoğlu (died September 8, 2003) was the governor of Denizli and popular nationwide as "super governor" (Süper Vali).
Yazıcıoğlu was assigned head of the Presidency of Religious Affairs 1987–1992. In 2002 Yazıcıoğlu was elected to the parliament for AKP. In the ministry of Erdoğan he was first responsible for religious affairs.