Abdülkadir Aksu

Abdülkadir Aksu
Abdülkadir Aksu
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	Turgut Özal; Yıldırım Akbulut; Mesut Yılmaz;
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	October 12, 1944 (age 80); Diyarbakır, Turkey
Political party	Justice and Development Party (2001 - present); Virtue Party (1998 - 2001); Welfare Party (1996 - 1998); Motherland Party (1987 - 1996)

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]

He is a member of the Community of İskenderpaşa, a Turkish sufistic community of Naqshbandi tariqah.^[6]

Early life and education

He attended high school in Diyarbakır and in 1968 he graduated with a degree in political sciences from the Ankara University.^[7] During his time at the university he became a member of in the Free Thought Club which was as a counterweight to the Socialist Thought Club.^[7] The Free Thought Club was to be influential in politics as several members of its executive board became ministers in the Turkish Government.^[7] Aksu also founded the Diyarbakır Association in Ankara, aimed as an organization to connect the people of Diyarbakır.^[7]

Professional career

Since his graduation, he entered the public administration and was assigned as a Kaymakam in a variety of districts. In 1985, while being the Kaymakam of Gaziantep, he was bequested with the award of the Bureaucrat of the Year.^[7]

Political career

He was elected a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, representing Diyarbakir for the Motherland Party (ANAP) in 1987.^[8] He became the Minister of the Interior in 1989 in the Government of Turgut Özal which he stayed also through the Government of Yilidirm Akbulut.^[9] During his membership in the ANAP, he was a prominent advocate of Özals conciliatory policies dubbed as the "Politics of Four Inclinations".^[7] He was again elected to parliament for Diyarbakır in the parliamentary election of 1995.^[10] He then left the Motherland Party, and joined the Welfare Party (RP), for which he served as a member of the administrative board.^[7] After the ban of the RP in 1998, he became a member of the Virtue Party^[7] which was a predecessor of the Justice and Development Party (AKP). For the AKP, he served as the Interior Minister from 2002 to 2007^[11] and became its party vice-chair in replacement of Dengir Mir Mehmet Firat in 2008.^[12] In May 2019 he was assigned the post of the chair of the state-owned Vakifbank.^[13]

Personal life

He is married and is the father of two children.^[14]

References

^ Natali, Denise, The Kurds and the state: evolving national identity in Iraq, Turkey, and Iran, Syracuse University Press, 2005, p. 114.
^ Maya Shatzmiller, Nationalism and Minority Identities in Islamic Societies, McGill-Queen's Press, 2005, ISBN 0-7735-2848-2, p. 255. "Abdulkadir Aksu, a prominent Kurdish politician from Diyarbakır".
^ Emrullah Uslu, "Turkey’s Kurdish Problem: Steps Toward a Solution", Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 1521-0731, Vol: 30, No 2, 2007, pp. 157–172. "many ethnic Kurds have been appointed to high government positions, including Abdulkadir Aksu".
^ Tekin, Üzeyir (April 2010). Abdülkadir Aksu. Oriennt Yayınları. ISBN 978-975-6124-09-3.^{[page needed]}
^ "Hasan Celal Güzel: Merkez sağda birlik için Özal'a 'Demirel cumhurbaşk..." zaman. 2006-01-31. Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2011-01-11.
^ Eurasia Review: "The Naqshbandi-Khalidi Order And Political Islam In Turkey – Analysis" By Hudson Institute September 5, 2015
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Who's who in Politics in Turkey" (PDF). Heinrich Böll Stiftung. pp. 3–5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 November 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
^ Şafak, Yeni (2020-02-12). "Diyarbakır Seçim Sonuçları 1987 - Genel Seçim 1987". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-12-01.
^ "Türki̇ye Büyük Mi̇llet Mecli̇si̇".
^ Şafak, Yeni (2020-02-12). "Diyarbakır Seçim Sonuçları 1995 - Genel Seçim 1995". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-12-01.
^ "Abdulkadir Aksu, Republic of Turkey: Profile and Biography". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
^ "U-turn in AKP's Kurdish policy". Hurriyet Daily News (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-04-10.
^ "President Erdoğan's political elites to run state-owned banks". Ahval. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
^ "Abdulkadir Aksu Kimdir ? - Abdulkadir Aksu Hayatı ve Biyografisi". www.haberler.com. Retrieved 2020-12-01.

Political offices
Preceded by Mustafa Kalemli	Minister of the Interior 1989–1991	Succeeded by Mustafa Kalemli
Preceded by Muzaffer Ecemiş	Minister of the Interior 2002–2007	Succeeded by Osman Güneş

[1] Natali, Denise, The Kurds and the state: evolving national identity in Iraq, Turkey, and Iran, Syracuse University Press, 2005, p. 114.

[2] Maya Shatzmiller, Nationalism and Minority Identities in Islamic Societies, McGill-Queen's Press, 2005, ISBN 0-7735-2848-2, p. 255. "Abdulkadir Aksu, a prominent Kurdish politician from Diyarbakır".

[3] Emrullah Uslu, "Turkey’s Kurdish Problem: Steps Toward a Solution", Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 1521-0731, Vol: 30, No 2, 2007, pp. 157–172. "many ethnic Kurds have been appointed to high government positions, including Abdulkadir Aksu".

[4] Tekin, Üzeyir (April 2010). Abdülkadir Aksu. Oriennt Yayınları. ISBN 978-975-6124-09-3.^{[page needed]}

[5] "Hasan Celal Güzel: Merkez sağda birlik için Özal'a 'Demirel cumhurbaşk..." zaman. 2006-01-31. Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2011-01-11.

[6] Eurasia Review: "The Naqshbandi-Khalidi Order And Political Islam In Turkey – Analysis" By Hudson Institute September 5, 2015

[:02-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Who's who in Politics in Turkey" (PDF). Heinrich Böll Stiftung. pp. 3–5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 November 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2020.

[8] Şafak, Yeni (2020-02-12). "Diyarbakır Seçim Sonuçları 1987 - Genel Seçim 1987". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-12-01.

[9] "Türki̇ye Büyük Mi̇llet Mecli̇si̇".

[10] Şafak, Yeni (2020-02-12). "Diyarbakır Seçim Sonuçları 1995 - Genel Seçim 1995". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-12-01.

[11] "Abdulkadir Aksu, Republic of Turkey: Profile and Biography". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2020-12-01.

[12] "U-turn in AKP's Kurdish policy". Hurriyet Daily News (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-04-10.

[13] "President Erdoğan's political elites to run state-owned banks". Ahval. Retrieved 2020-12-01.

[14] "Abdulkadir Aksu Kimdir ? - Abdulkadir Aksu Hayatı ve Biyografisi". www.haberler.com. Retrieved 2020-12-01.

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