Hüseyin Çelik

Hüseyin Çelik
Minister of National Education
In office
March 14, 2003  May 1, 2009
Prime Minister Abdullah Gül
Preceded by Erkan Mumcu
Succeeded by Nimet Çubukçu
Minister of Culture
In office
November 19, 2002  March 14, 2003
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded by Suat Çağlayan
Succeeded by Erkan Mumcu
Member of the Grand National Assembly
In office
18 April 1999  7 June 2015
Constituency Van (1999, 2002, 2007)
Gaziantep (2011)
Personal details
Born (1959-03-05) 5 March 1959
Van, Turkey
Political party Justice and Development Party (AKP) (2001- )
True Path Party (DYP)
(1999-2001)
Spouse(s) Şahsenem Çelik
Alma mater Istanbul University
University of London
Religion Islam
Signature
Website HuseyinCelik.net

Hüseyin Çelik (born 5 March 1959 in Gürpınar, Van) is a former Minister of National Education of Turkey and member of parliament for Van for the ruling Justice and Development Party.

Background

Çelik was the first advisor of Recep Tayyip Erdogan then he became the minister of culture and tourism after that he became the Minister of National Education. Now he is the spokesperson of the Turkish Parliament and AK Party and he is second man of Erdogan's AK Party. He is deputy of Prime-Minister Erdoğan. And his area is about Media and Publicity. Also, in the past, Çelik graduated in Turkish language and literature from Istanbul University in 1983 and went on to a career as an academic at Van Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi, eventually becoming assistant professor in 1997. From 1988-1991 he studied towards a Masters Degree in politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies in the University of London. His focus was on the late-Ottoman Empire writer and thinker Ali Suavi.

Writer

During the 1990s he wrote a column on Ottoman era politics and other issues for the nationalist-leaning social and political science journal Türkiye Günlüğü. He has published 15 books on politics, culture, history etc. has also edited and annotated an edition of the work "Şinasi" by Ottoman writer Ziyad Ebuzziya.

Political career

He was elected to parliament for Van as a member of Suleyman Demirel's DYP in 1999, moving to the newly founded AK Party in 2001. He was elected parliamentary chief and then following the AK Party's election victory in 2003, he became Minister of Culture and then Minister of Education.

During his brief tenure as Minister of Culture he is remembered for immediately sacking the entire Board for the Protection of Culture and Nature (Turkish: Kültür ve Tabiat Varlıklarını Koruma Kurulu).[1] Regional bodies set up to monitor archaeology and other research throughout the country, led by architect and champion of Anatolia's cultural heritage Oktay Ekinci, one of those dismissed. Çelik was then accused of taking this action under pressure from AK Party MP for Muğla Hasan Özyer in order to enable the Muğla coastline to be developed for mass-market tourism.[2]

Minister of Education (2003 - 2009)

As Minister of Education as well as curriculum reform and all the day-to-day running of the school system, Çelik has had to deal with a number of issues including:

Personal life

Çelik is of Arab descent on his father's side and of Kurdish descent on his mother's side.[4] He is married to Şahsenem Çelik and they have three children; Ali Ekrem, Enis, and Büşra Vuslat.

References

  1. "Bakan Çelik'ten kurul savunması". Radikal (in Turkish). 2003-02-25. Retrieved 2008-10-11. |section= ignored (help)
  2. Çalışlar, Oral (2003-02-21). Cumhuriyet
  3. "Çelik'ten PKK'lı akraba iddiasına yanıt". Archived from the original on December 31, 2007., CNNTURK
  4. Yaklaşık 5-6 milyon Türk-Kürt evliliği var, Sabah, 2010
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Political offices
Preceded by
Erkan Mumcu
Minister of National Education of Turkey
March 14, 2003May 1, 2009
Succeeded by
Nimet Çubukçu
Preceded by
Suat Çağlayan
Minister of Culture of Turkey
November 19, 2002March 14, 2003
Succeeded by
Erkan Mumcu
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