| Numan KurtulmuşMP | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Kurtulmuş in 2024 | |
| 30th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 7 June 2023 | |
| President | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
| Deputy | Bekir Bozdağ Gülizar Biçer Karaca Celal Adan Sırrı Süreyya Önder |
| Preceded by | Mustafa Şentop |
| Minister of Culture and Tourism | |
| In office 19 July 2017 – 10 July 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Binali Yıldırım |
| Preceded by | Nabi Avcı |
| Succeeded by | Mehmet Ersoy |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey | |
| In office 24 May 2016 – 19 July 2017 | |
| Prime Minister | Binali Yıldırım |
| Preceded by | Numan Kurtulmuş |
| Succeeded by | Bekir Bozdağ |
| Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 7 June 2015 | |
| Constituency | Ordu (June 2015, Nov 2015), Istanbul (III) (2018, 2023) |
| Leader of the People's Voice Party | |
| In office 1 November 2010 – 19 September 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Leader of the Felicity Party | |
| In office 26 October 2008 – 17 October 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Recai Kutan |
| Succeeded by | Necmettin Erbakan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1959-09-15) 15 September 1959 (age 65) Ünye, Ordu, Turkey |
| Political party | FP (1998–2001) SP (2001–2010) HAS Party (2010–2012) AKP (2012–present) |
| Spouse | Sevgi Kurtulmuş |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Istanbul University |
| Cabinet | 62nd, 63rd, 64th, 65th |
| Website | Official Website |
Numan Kurtulmuş (born 15 September 1959) is a Turkish politician and academic who is currently the speaker of the Grand National Assembly.
He served as Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey in the 62nd, 63rd, 64th and 65th AKP governments between 2014 and 2017 and Minister of Culture and Tourism between 2017 and 2018. Previously he served as the leader of Felicity Party between 2008 and 2010 and People's Voice Party between 2010 and 2012.
Personal life
Family
Kurtulmuş was born in Ünye district of Ordu Province. He is of Georgian descent by his grandmother. His grandfather Numan Kurtulmuş who served as a major in the Turkish War of Independence on the Çanakkale, Erzurum, Batumi and Azerbaijan fronts and fought in the Balkans and the Battle of Sakarya then later has injured and retired as a veteran. He is also the author of Faith Commentary, known as the first Turkish religious guide which written by the Latin alphabet. His father is Dr. Ismail Niyazi Kurtulmuş. He currently resides in Fatih district of Istanbul with his family.
Kurtulmus is married to Sevgi Kurtulmuş, in which he married in 1988. He has 3 children, named Ayşe, İsmail and Emir. He speaks English fluently. He is a fan of Fenerbahçe FC.
Education and Academic career
He studied at Istanbul Imam Hatip High School, bachelor in 1982 and master degree in 1984 at Istanbul University Faculty of Business Administration.
He had been United States of America to the postgraduate studies at Temple University School of Business & Management in 1988–1989.
He was also a visiting researcher at Cornell University New York State School of Industrial & Labor Relations between 1990 and 1993. He got a PhD title from Istanbul University in 1992. Became an associate professor in 1994 and promoted to professorship in 2004 at Istanbul University Faculty of Economics. He was the assistant of Sabahattin Zaim, who known as a 'the great professor'.
He taught politics, labor economics and human resources management at Istanbul University Faculty of Economics and economics and political communication at Istanbul Commerce University. He also participated as a speaker in symposiums and seminars.
Books
He's authored two books Post-Industrial Transformation and The Japanese Human Resource Management. Published master's degree and Phd thesis on Integration of Inventory Management by the Database Approach and The change of Industrial Relations for Terms of Model Human Type, also with many articles.
He authored a book Bringing Turkey to the Future on the confused current world with some proposals for a new future via multi-disciplines in 2020.
Political career
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He was kicked-off politic on Virtue Party in 1998. The party has been shut down by Constitutional Court and he joined Felicity Party. Elected as chairman at the party congress held in 2008 and has been here until 2010. Leaded establishing the People's Voice Party (HAS Party) in 2010. Upon the proposal of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, AKP and HAS Party united in 2012. Within the framework of this combination, HAS Party has been terminated itself and Kurtulmuş joined AKP with many people.
Virtue Party (1998–2001)
In 1998, he began the political career with Necmettin Erbakan and served as the chairman in Istanbul and a Member of the Main Administrative Board. When ended Virtue Party, he joined the Felicity Party in 2001.
Felicity Party (2001–2010)
He served as chairman in Istanbul and Deputy Chairman of Party until 2008 at Felicity Party. Recai Kutan who Chairman of Felicity Party announced on 17 October 2008 that Numan Kurtulmuş will be candidate in the party congress to be held in Ankara on 26 October 2008. The slogan was "Felicity Now!" And he was elected as a Chairman of Felicity Party by all valid 924 vote of the used 946 at 3rd Party Congress held in Ankara Atatürk Sports Hall.
In 2010, he had divergency with Necmettin Erbakan who was the leader of the Milli Görüş Movement. Numan Kurtulmuş was re-elected as Chairman of Party, participating as just one candidate of the two lists at the 4th Party Congress held in Ankara on 11 July 2010. Numan Kurtulmuş participated in the election of Main Administrative Board with the white list against Necmettin Erbakan's green list. And the winner white list meant to be kicking Necmettin Erbakan and his friends out.
And then later 650 delegates asked congress again, but this request was rejected by Party's General Administrative Board. Upon the decision appointment of the congress call committee by the court, 53 chairman, 65 mayors and many politician left Felicity Party on 1 October 2010.
Kurtulmuş announced a new political movement, calls Civilization Politics Movement.
People's Voice Party (2010–2012)
235 politicians who united around Civilization Politics Movement founded the People's Voice Party (HAS Party) on 1 November 2010. And Kurtulmuş was elected as chairman of the party by 207 votes of 210 delegates at the 1st party congress held in Ankara Atatürk Sports Hall on 28 November 2010 on the 28th day of the founded of HAS Party.
Combination process
Chairman of AKP and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan offered Kurtulmuş to combinate AKP with HAS Party on 12 July 2012. According to the decision taken by the authorized persons of two sides and combination process has started. HAS Party invited the delegates and dissolved itself at the extraordinary congress held on 19 September 2012 by 165 votes of the current 177 delegates according to the decision of combination.
Justice and Development Party (2012–Current)
After the HAS Party's termination, Kurtulmuş joined AKP at a ceremony held in Istanbul on 22 September 2012 with many people.
– Kurtulmuş was elected as a Member of Main Administrative Board at 4th AKP Congress held in Ankara on 30 September 2012, was appointed as vice chairman of party on the economy politics.
– When Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was elected as President of Turkey at presidential elections in 2014, Ahmet Davutoğlu replaced himself as a Prime Minister and Kurtulmuş became Deputy Prime Minister at 62nd Government.
– Kurtulmuş was elected as the Ordu parliamentarian in the elections of June 2015 and became Deputy Prime Minister and Spokesperson again at the 63rd Government under Ahmet Davutoğlu's Prime Ministry.
– Kurtulmuş was elected as the Ordu parliamentarian again in the elections of November 2015, became Deputy Prime Minister and Spokesperson again at 64th Government under Ahmet Davutoğlu's Prime Ministry.
– Ahmet Davutoğlu when resigned prime ministry President Erdogan gave the government formation duty to Binali Yıldırım. Kurtulmuş served as deputy prime minister again at 65th Government under Binali Yıldırım's Prime Ministry. After a while held on 19 July 2017 he became Minister of Culture and Tourism in cabinet overhaul.
– Kurtulmuş was elected as a parliamentarian of Istanbul on 24 June 2018 and became Deputy chairman of AKP at the 6th party congress, on 18 August 2018.
References
- "İstanbul Ünye Haber". Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- "Numan Kurtulmuş Kimdir? - Güncel Numan Kurtulmuş Haberleri". www.sabah.com.tr. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- Biyografi – AKP
- "Numan Kurtulmuş Kimdir?". Internet Haber (in Turkish). 1 February 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- "Son Dakika Siyaset Haberleri - Siyaset Gelişmeleri". Milliyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- "Sabahattin Zaim Anma Gecesi - Haberler - İlim Yayma Vakfı, İYV". www.iyv.org.tr. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- Şafak, Yeni. "Dönemeçteki yol haritası | Yeni Şafak Kitap Eki Haberleri". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- Haber, Internet (18 October 2008). "İşte Saadetin yeni lideri". www.internethaber.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- Haber7. "Saadet Partisi, son kararını verdi!". Haber7 (in Turkish). Retrieved 1 October 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - "Saadet Partisi'nde Kurtulmuş dönemi". www.hurriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). 9 October 2008. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- Şahit olun!.. tarih yazılıyor – Milli Gazete
- Kutan veda etti – Vatan Gazetesi
- Kurtulmuş'tan vira Bismillah – Yeni Şafak Gazetesi
- "'Saadet' iki parça". Milliyet (in Turkish). 13 July 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- Hürriyet Daily News – Felicity Party
- Adını koydu: Medeniyet siyaseti – Star
- "Kurtulmuş'un partisi hazır: "Halkın Sesi" – CNN Türk". Archived from the original on 4 November 2010. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- Habertürk. "HAS Parti 1. Olağan Kongresi". Habertürk (in Turkish). Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- Hürriyet Daily News – People's Voice Party
- Başbakan Erdoğan resmen teklif etti – Yeni Şafak
- Süleyman Soylu da AKP'de – Milliyet
- "HSP dissolves itself as its leader plans to join the ruling party - Türkiye News". Hürriyet Daily News. 19 September 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- Habertürk. "Numan Kurtulmuş resmen AK Parti'li..." Habertürk (in Turkish). Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- "İşte AK Parti'nin yeni yönetim kadrosu - Resim 1". Haber7 (in Turkish). Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- Habertürk. "İşte yeni kabine - İşte yeni bakanlar kurulu". Habertürk (in Turkish). Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- "63.Hükümet'te yer alan isimler". www.ntv.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- "Numan Kurtulmuş yine başbakan yardımcısı". Ahaber (in Turkish). Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- "Numan Kurtulmuş, Kültür Ve Turizm Bakanı Oldu". Milliyet (in Turkish). 19 July 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- Numan Kurtulmuş Genel Başkan Vekili – Yeni Şafak
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| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded byMustafa Şentop | Speaker of the Parliament 2023–present |
Incumbent |
| Preceded byNabi Avcı | Minister of Culture and Tourism 2017–2018 |
Succeeded byMehmet Ersoy |
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| Grand National Assembly Büyük Millet Meclisi (1920–1960) |  | ||||
| House of Representatives Temsilciler Meclisi (1961) | |||||
| Grand National Assembly in period of Bicameralism Büyük Millet Meclisi Çift Meclisli Dönemde (1961–1980) |
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| Consultative Assembly Danışma Meclisi (1981–1983) | |||||
| Grand National Assembly Büyük Millet Meclisi (since 1983) | |||||
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| Leaders of the Felicity Party | |
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- 1959 births
- Living people
- People from Ünye
- Turkish people of Georgian descent
- Virtue Party politicians
- Felicity Party politicians
- People's Voice Party politicians
- Turkish economists
- Istanbul University alumni
- Leaders of political parties in Turkey
- Members of the 25th Parliament of Turkey
- Members of the 63rd government of Turkey
- Academic staff of Istanbul University
- Members of the 26th Parliament of Turkey
- Members of the 64th government of Turkey
- Deputy prime ministers of Turkey
- Ministers of culture and tourism of Turkey
- Members of the 27th Parliament of Turkey
- Members of the 28th Parliament of Turkey