Abdülkadir Aksu
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Abdülkadir Aksu (/ɑːbduːlˈkɑːdər ˈɑːksuː/ ⓘ ahb-dool-KAH-dər AHK-soo; Turkish: [abdylkaːˈdiɾ ˈaksu]; born 1944, Diyarbakır) is a Turkish politician from Diyarbakır. According to some sources, he is Kurdish;[1][2][3] according to Üzeyir Tekin, he is of partial Albanian and Kurdish origin;[4] and according to Hasan Celal Güzel, a friend of Aksu family, he is of Turkish (Turkmen) origin.[5]
Quick Facts Minister of the Interior, Prime Minister ...
Abdülkadir Aksu | |
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Minister of the Interior | |
In office 19 November 2002 – 7 May 2007 | |
Prime Minister | Abdullah Gül Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
Preceded by | Muzaffer Ecemiş |
Succeeded by | Osman Güneş |
In office 31 March 1989 – 24 November 1991 | |
Prime Minister | |
Preceded by | Mustafa Kalemli |
Succeeded by | Mustafa Kalemli |
Minister of state (Responsible for Southeastern Anatolia Project) | |
In office 6 March 1996 – 28 June 1996 | |
Prime Minister | Mesut Yılmaz |
Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
In office 18 April 1999 – 7 June 2015 | |
Constituency | Istanbul (III) (1999, 2002, 2007, 2011) |
In office 8 January 1996 – 18 April 1999 | |
Constituency | Diyarbakır (1995) |
In office 29 November 1987 – 20 October 1991 | |
Constituency | Diyarbakır (1987) |
Personal details | |
Born | (1944-10-12) October 12, 1944 (age 79) Diyarbakır, Turkey |
Political party | Justice and Development Party (2001 - present) Virtue Party (1998 - 2001) Welfare Party (1996 - 1998) Motherland Party (1987 - 1996) |
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He is a member of the Community of İskenderpaşa, a Turkish sufistic community of Naqshbandi tariqah.[6]