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Mehmet Aydın is a Turkish politician who was one of Turkey's Ministers of State.^[1]^[2] As a representative of the Justice and Development Party from Izmir, he was elected to Parliament in the 2002 general elections.

Education and academic career

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Mehmet Aydın was born in 1943 in Elazığ. He graduated from the Faculty of Theology at Ankara University in 1966 and received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Edinburgh in 1971. He has taught both religion and philosophy at various universities, and served as Dean of the Faculty of Theology at Dokuz Eylül University, from 1993 to 1999.^[2]

References

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^ United Nations - Alliance of Civilizations - Prof. Mehmet Aydin (Turkey) Archived 2011-01-05 at the Wayback Machine
^ ^a ^b "Curriculum Vitae". Archived from the original on 2012-03-15. Retrieved 2010-12-01.

v t e Gül Cabinet (2002–2003)
Cabinet
Prime Minister	Abdullah Gül (2002–2003)
Deputy Prime Ministers	Mehmet Ali Şahin (2002–2003) Abdüllatif Şener (2002–2003) Ertuğrul Yalçınbayır (2002–2003)
Minister of State	Mehmet Aydın (2002–2003) Beşir Atalay (2002–2003) Ali Babacan (2002–2003) Kürşad Tüzmen (2002–2003)
Minister of Justice	Cemil Çiçek (2002–2003)
Minister of National Defense	Mehmet Vecdi Gönül (2002–2003)
Minister of Interior	Abdülkadir Aksu (2002–2003)
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Yaşar Yakış (2002–2003)
Minister of Finance	Kemal Unakıtan (2002–2003)
Minister of National Education	Erkan Mumcu (2002–2003)
Minister of Public Works and Settlement	Zeki Ergezen (2002–2003)
Minister of Health	Recep Akdağ (2002–2003)
Minister of Transport and Communication	Binali Yıldırım (2002–2003)
Minister of Agriculture	Sami Güçlü (2002–2003)
Minister of Labour and Social Security	Murat Başesgioğlu (2002–2003)
Minister of Industry and Commerce	Ali Coşkun (2002–2003)
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources	Mehmet Hilmi Güler (2002–2003)
Minister of Culture	Hüseyin Çelik (2002–2003)
Minister of Tourism	Güldal Akşit (2002–2003)
Minister of Environment	İmdat Sütlüoğlu (2002–2003)
Minister of Forestry	Osman Pepe (2002–2003)

v t e First Erdoğan Cabinet (2003–2007)
Cabinet
Prime Minister	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (2003–2014)
Deputy Prime Ministers	Abdullah Gül (2003–2007) Mehmet Ali Şahin (2003–2007) Abdüllatif Şener (2003–2007)
Minister of State	Ali Babacan (2003–2007) Güldal Akşit (2003-2005) Nimet Çubukçu (2005–2007) Mehmet Aydın (2003–2007) Kürşad Tüzmen (2003–2007) Beşir Atalay (2003–2007)
Minister of Justice	Cemil Çiçek (2003–2007) Fahri Kasırga (2007)
Minister of National Defense	Mehmet Vecdi Gönül (2003–2007)
Minister of the Interior	Abdülkadir Aksu (2003–2007) Osman Güneş (2007)
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Abdullah Gül (2003–2007)
Minister of Finance	Kemal Unakıtan (2003–2007)
Minister of National Education	Hüseyin Çelik (2003–2007)
Minister of Public Works and Settlement	Zeki Ergezen (2003-2007) Faruk Nafız Özak (2005–2007)
Minister of Health	Recep Akdağ (2003–2007)
Minister of Transport and Communication	Binali Yıldırım (2003–2007) İsmet Yılmaz (2007)
Minister of Agriculture	Sami Güçlü (2003–2005) Mehmet Mehdi Eker (2005–2007)
Minister of Labour and Social Security	Murat Başesgioğlu (2003–2007)
Minister of Industry and Commerce	Ali Coşkun (2003–2007)
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources	Mehmet Hilmi Güler (2003–2007)
Minister of Culture and Tourism	Erkan Mumcu (2003–2005) Atilla Koç (2005–2007)
Minister of Environment and Forestry	Osman Pepe (2003–2007)

v t e Second Erdoğan Cabinet (2007–2011)
Cabinet
Prime Minister	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (2003–2014)
Deputy Prime Ministers	Cemil Çiçek (2007–2011) Hayati Yazıcı (2007–2009) Bülent Arınç (2009–2011) Nazım Ekren (2007–2009) Ali Babacan (2009–2011)
Minister of State	Mehmet Aydın (2007–2011) Kürşad Tüzmen (2007-2009) Mehmet Zafer Çağlayan (2009–2011) Nimet Çubukçu (2007–2009) Selma Aliye Kavaf (2009–2011) Cevdet Yılmaz (2009–2011) Mustafa Sait Yazıcıoğlu (2007–2009) Faruk Çelik (2009–2011) Murat Başesgioğlu (2007–2009) Faruk Nafız Özak (2009–2011) Egemen Bağış (2009–2011) Hayati Yazıcı (2009–2011)
Minister of Justice	Mehmet Ali Şahin (2007–2009) Sadullah Ergin (2009–2011)
Minister of National Defense	Mehmet Vecdi Gönül (2007–2011)
Minister of the Interior	Beşir Atalay (2007–2011)
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Ali Babacan (2007–2009) Ahmet Davutoğlu (since 2009–2011)
Minister of Finance	Kemal Unakıtan (2007–2009) Mehmet Şimşek (2009–2011)
Minister of National Education	Hüseyin Çelik (2007–2009) Nimet Çubukçu (2009–2011)
Minister of Public Works and Settlement	Faruk Nafız Özak (2007-2009) Mustafa Demir (2009–2011)
Minister of Health	Recep Akdağ (2007–2011)
Minister of Transport and Communication	Binali Yıldırım (2007–2011)
Minister of Agriculture	Mehmet Mehdi Eker (2007–2011)
Minister of Labour and Social Security	Faruk Çelik (2007–2009) Ömer Dinçer (2009–2011)
Minister of Industry and Commerce	Mehmet Zafer Çağlayan (2007–2009) Nihat Ergün (2009–2011)
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources	Mehmet Hilmi Güler (2007–2009) Taner Yıldız (2009–2011)
Minister of Culture and Tourism	Ertuğrul Günay (2007–2011)
Minister of Environment and Forestry	Veysel Eroğlu (2007–2011)